CA glue

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

For grands I tape up foil/plastic to the bottom of the pin 
block.  This stuff can find and opening and wick out hours (really 
dry pin block) after you've left and returned the action to the cavity.

Andrew
At 09:00 AM 8/15/2005, you wrote:

>There's no secret to it, you just want CA that is water-thin. Hobby stores
>may have it or look on the web and find "super thin" or some such. Some use
>hypos to put it in but I like a closed system with less chance for leaking
>or squirtage (fun new word, I made it up). Schaff's hypo oiler, No. 189,
>page 45, works well. The larger one, No. 184, works too but is a little
>harder to control the flow.
>
>Safety hints from bad experience:
>
>Where safety goggles. A tiny drop in the eye is a trip to the emergency
>room and bad news.
>
>Have acetone or acetone-based nail polish and a rag within easy reach of
>your work.
>
>Use a small desk-type electric fan to blow the fumes anywhere except in
>your face. Open windows. Do this work when the customer is not home, if
>possible, or explain that the fumes are nasty but they are only in the
>liquid carrier of the CA and it will have no odor at all when it is cured.
>
>If titlting an upright, spread a dropcloth under and beyond the area in
>which you are working, then spread newspapers on the drop cloth. This stuff
>can drip and it can run along surfaces and fall off some distance from the
>pin you are applying it to. Ruining someone's carpet or floor will ruin
>your day! If not tilting, just spot treating a few pins, be patient: Let
>each drop wick in before applying more and have a rag right at the spot to
>catch runoff.
>
>Certain types of cloth I've used--especially a red shop towel I bought at
>Walmart--start smoking when you get CA on it. I've never had one burst into
>flames, but there was a definite exothermic chemical reaction going on
>there.
>
>If doing a grand, the stuff WILL drip onto the action. You must cover it
>or, more safe, remove it. If you remove it, put some newspaper on the key
>bed, anyway.
>
>Alan Barnard
>Salem, Missouri
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: FRANCES HELMS <fhelms@topeka.k12.ks.us>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Date: 08/15/2005 8:44:42 AM
> > Subject: CA glue
> >
> > Forgive me. There have been quantities of articles about the use of CA
>glue in loose pin blocks, but I attempted to search the archives without
>success.  From what I read previously about this, not all CA glues are
>created equal.
> >
> > Getting ready to try this on a pin block for the first time.  Please
>advise as to the best type of CA glue to use.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Fran Helms,
> > Piano Technician,
> > Topeka, KS
> >
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