suitable "cooler" for glues, lubes, etc. in car

[Michael Magness]

On 8/21/07, David M. Porritt <dporritt at smu.edu> wrote:
>
> I have one and they work pretty well.  We've mainly used it to keep food
> cold while we're on a trip.  I think you'd have to do a bit of driving
> during the day when it is plugged in or you might find your battery dead
> after a hard day at the office.
>
> dp
>
> ____________________
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Elwood Doss
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:07 PM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: RE: suitable "cooler" for glues, lubes, etc. in car
>
> Has anyone tried one of those refrigerator/coolers that plug into your
> cigarette lighter?  I've thought about getting one of those.  I'd like
> to know any experiences others have had with one.
> Joy!
> Elwood
>
> Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT
> Piano Technician/Technical Director
> Department of Music
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Spalding [mailto:mike.spalding1 at verizon.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:55 PM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: suitable "cooler" for glues, lubes, etc. in car
>
> Yes, precisely.  I particularly like it for felt and leather, because it
>
> doesn't dry hard and stiff like Titebond, and it adheres well to lots of
>
> different serfaces.
>
> Mike
>
> Barbara Richmond wrote:
> > PVC-E is handy for gluing keytops and felts.
> >
> > Barbara Richmond, RPT
> > near Peoria, Illinois
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     *From:* Michael Magness <mailto:IFixPianos at yahoo.com>
> >     *To:* Pianotech List <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>
> >     *Sent:* Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:44 AM
> >     *Subject:* Re: suitable "cooler" for glues, lubes, etc. in car
> >
> >
> >
> >     On 8/21/07, *Mike Spalding* <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net
> >     <mailto:mike.spalding1 at verizon.net>> wrote:
> >
> >         David,
> >
> >         Wisconsin. 0 to 100, occasionally. Protek, CA, Titebond, and
> >         PVCE travel
> >         in my tuning kit. About an ounce each, except for the 4oz
> >         bottle of
> >         Protek. The tuning kit travels with me, and comes into the
> >         house at the
> >         end of the day. Following one very unhappy experience, I keep
> >         the CA
> >         bottle (1 oz) inside a Ziploc bag.
> >         Why Duco?
> >         What's Barge?
> >
> >         Mike
> >
> >         David Nereson wrote:
> >         >
> >         > I don't like to have a lot of little containers of liquids
> >         in my tool
> >         > case - just a small bottle of wood glue. I have Protek,
> >         Barge, Duco
> >         > Cement, CA glue, debonder, accelerator, and cold hide glue
> >         in a little
> >         > lunch cooler in the car. Except it doesn't really cool; in
> >         fact, it
> >         > gets too hot and the Barge glue turns to rubber, the Duco
> >         cement goes
> >         > bad, volatile stuff evaporates, even with the cap on. In the
> >         summer,
> >         > cars can get up to 130 degrees inside with the windows up
> >         and the sun
> >         > beating down. Then in the winter, it can get down to at
> >         least the 30's
> >         > - near freezing. Of course it gets colder than that
> >         overnight, but I
> >         > bring the little lunch cooler inside every night.
> >         >
> >         > But it doesn't insulate well enough to protect all these
> >         glues and lubes.
> >         >
> >         > What does everyone else use?
> >         >
> >         > --David Nereson, RPT
> >         >
> >
> >
> >     Hi David, Mike,
> >     I'm also in Wisconsin I carry Titebond 4oz., Protek 4oz, and I've
> >     found a very sturdy CA bottle by Loctite it's a gel that dispenses
> >     a drop at a time by squeezing the sides of the bottle. I've gotten
> >     it at Walmart and home centers for under $3. I don't use CA a lot,
> >     just for the occasional cracked flange or on Kawai's styran
> >     componants. If I feel I'll need my cold hide glue on a particular
> >     day, I'll throw it in my bag unless it's very cold out, then I
> >     carry it in an inside pocket of my coat, in a baggie. Mike why do
> >     you carry the PVCE?
> >
> >     Mike
> >
> >     --
> >     Michael Magness
> >     Magness Piano Service
> >     608-786-4404
> >     www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.IFixPianos.com>
> >     email mike at ifixpianos.com <mailto:mike at ifixpianos.com>
> >
> OK, I'm convinced, now tell me how I carry PVC-E I have a quart jar of it,
> a little bulky to say the least!<grin>


Can I dump out and wash out an old Titebond bottle or does it have to be
some other materiel and let less air in?

Mike


-- 
Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
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