Titebond Trim and Molding glue for bushings....

[Barbara Richmond]

How is it that you control the wicking in?  The amount of glue?  The amount 
of pressure? Both?

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 4:29 PM
Subject: Titebond Trim and Molding glue for bushings....


>I started using this because I found often that glue would wick through to 
>much and make for way too hard a bushing when using cauls.  So I figured 
>I'd cut the glue off at the proverbial pass.  Then I found that with thick 
>cloth the bushings ended up too soft.... so a bit of experiementing led me 
>to getting the feel of just how much to let wick through.  At this point I 
>do all my bushings this way... for thin cloth I just more or less seal the 
>back... for thicker cloth let more wick into the material.
>
> I've had a chance to watch quite a few high usage pianos over several 
> years and the method works and holds up very well  indeed.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
>
>    Ric,
>
>    In what situation would you use this method?
>    Just curious.
>
>    Barbara Richmond
>
>
>    snip>
>     > One thing that hasn't been mentioned here is that you can soak
>    one side
>     > of thicker bushing cloth with a Tight bond like glue... effectively
>     > creating a shimmed bushing without the shim.  Wick in with your
>     > finger... let dry til stiff... and then glue to the wood with pot
>    glue
>     > as usual.. Works like a charm really..
>     >
>     > Cheers
>