.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. > Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > > mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 > 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070404/03b44245/attachment.html
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