CA glue---all the same?

[John Ross]

The Loctite might be thicker, therefore unable to travel.
A hobby shop usually has a fast turn over. so it should be fresh stuff. Be sure and get the ultra-thin stuff, and get the super fine tips they have that fit on the bottle, usually in packs of 5.
Wear a respirator if it bothers you, and get lots of ventilation in the area.
I have never had the c/a glue fail me.
The only place I can see where it wouldn't work, would be on a split, or separated pinblock.
In that case, if it were only a few, I would try pinblock plugs. They are available from Webb Phillips, in two sizes.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Sivak 
  To: pianotech 
  Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 9:02 PM
  Subject: CA glue---all the same?


  List

  Is there any difference in the quality of various brands of CA glue?   

  I have been using Lock-Tite Super Glue, and whereas it seems to work fine for various repairs, I have had a couple of pinblock treatments that didn't take.  I used A LOT of it, too.  It seems as thin a viscosity as the glue available from Schaff or the local hobby shop, so I don't think that is the problem.  I've been buying it because it's available at the hardware store down the street, and I like that it comes in such small bottles.  

  But I've noticed that my eyes don't water when I use it.  Today I bought a different brand of CA from the hobby shop, and man! I had to leave the area for awhile, it was so gaseously toxic!

  I had initially thought that the last two pinblocks were just too far gone and that the glue couldn't make an impact.  Now, I'm starting to think that the Lock-Tite glue might be weaker.

  Any thoughts?  

  Thanks,
  Tom Sivak
  Chicago
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