CA glue questions

paul bruesch tunergeek at gmail.com
Wed Apr 4 18:25:07 MDT 2007


.35 air changes per hour. It takes, what, 15 minutes to drip CA into all the
pins. That gives us time for .25 * .35 = 8.75% air change. Not enough for my
lungs and eyes and nose sensor. I've CA'd one pinblock in a closed house in
the winter and I'll never do it again.
Paul in da (once again) frozen nort'land

On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:07:24, Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi Rex,
>
> Yes odorless CA exists. I don't use it so I can't offer a source of
> supply.
>
> All houses are recommended to have at least .35 air changes per hour--so a
> build up of fumes is not likely.
>
> "The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
> Engineering (ASHRAE exiting epa  recommends (in its Standard 62-1999,
> "Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality") that homes receive .35
> air
> changes per hour, but not less than 15 cubic feet per minute (cfm) per
> person. A common rule of thumb is the 15 cfm multiplied by number of
> bedrooms in the house plus one. For example, a 3 bedroom house would
> require at least 60 cfm of outdoor air. [(3 bedrooms + 1) x 15 cfm = 60
> cfm]. Kitchens should have an intermittent exhaust capacity of 100 cfm;
> bathrooms an intermittent capacity of 50 cfm. (ASHRAE also notes that
> "dwellings with tight enclosures may require supplemental ventilation
> supply for fuel-burning appliances, including fireplaces and mechanically
> exhausted appliances. See information on combustion appliances.)"
>
> http://www.epa.gov/iaq/homes/hip-ventilation.html
>
> For bridge cracks it may be best to treat the wood with the water thin
> variety first to seal it--then follow up with medium or even thick. Be
> prepared to make more than one application.
>
> At 09:46 AM 4/4/2007 -0400, you wrote:
> >        Dear List     I have two questions regarding CA glue.     1. I
> seem
> >to remember odorless CA glue being talked about on the list, but I was
> not
> >able to find a reference to a source. Does anyone know if it actually
> >exists and where it can be purchased?     I have a piano that needs a
> >treatment on the tuning pins, but is in one of the new houses in this
> area
> >that are sealed for energy conservation. Would the regular CA fumes cause
> a
> >problem in a house where it may not be possible to get much outside
> >ventilation?     2. When using CA glue on the bridge, is it necessary to
> >remove the strings before applications? Does the CA have enough gap
> filling
> >property to fill small cracks and gaps, or does it just solidify the area
> >around the pin?     Thanks     Rex Roseman
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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>
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>
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