CA glue + Elmers for Ivories

[Kent Swafford]

"You couldn't get them off with Blasting Powder"? Actually Joe, based  
on your comments, I'd be inclined to try this method.   8^)

Anyone care to write up exactly how they have used a CA/wood glue  
combination to re-glue real ivories? Sounds like it could be a good  
field repair; or at least, better than what I have been using.

Kent




On Aug 23, 2005, at 3:43 PM, Joe Garrett wrote:

> Frances,
> Don't understand "about the cat"??
> As for the ones reglued with Susan's magical elixir....You couldn't  
> get them off with Blasting Powder!!! Heat? NOpe! Moisture? NOpe!  
> Solvents? NO..Hell NO! BTW, the stuff sticks much better to the  
> WOOD than the Ivory. BUT, it still sticks extremely hard to the  
> Ivory. Hence, no Salvagable Ivory. As I said, what a waste!!! :-(
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R I
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: FRANCES HELMS
> To: joegarrett@earthlink.net ; pianotech@ptg.org
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:21 PM
> Subject: Re: CA glue + Elmers for Ivories
>
> Just out of curiousity...yeah, I know about the cat...what exactly  
> was the effect on the "re-glued" ivories?
> Fran Helms,
> piano technician
> Topeka, KS
>
> >>> "Joe Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net> 8/23/2005 1:54 PM >>>
> I know Ssssssn is gunna have a cow, but I just gotta say it. Please  
> don't use the CA/Elmers on replacing Ivories!!! PLEASE!!!!???? I'm  
> in the process of doing a re-whatever on a set of  European Upright  
> Keys. 1/2 of the keys still have/had beautiful, thick Ivory, that  
> could be salvaged. Several had been "re-glued" with that damned  
> concoction! There was no way in hell, those could be salvaged!!  
> What a damned waste!! grrrrr!
> O.K. I'll get off my soapbox.
> Regards,
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R I
>