CA glue

[gordon stelter]

On grands I turn the piano over and fill the holes up
from inside the action cavity, then leave it be for a
couple of days before righting the piano and putting
the action back in.
     Thump


--- Andrew and Rebeca  Anderson <anrebe@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> 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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