> The front rail job was perfect but all of the balance rail bushings fell > out. I tried soaking the mortises with acetone but no amount of cleaning > seemed to cure the wood of repelling the hide glue. I suspect silicone > was the culprit. > > Not her fault, of course, but that is one horse she won't get back on again. > > Silicone is forever. > > Tom Cole Baldwin found, as have I since, that the silicone and naphtha mix used by Baldwin/Wurlitzer doesn't adversely affect future glue adhesion. I suspect that what was in those mortises is not what you suspect was in those mortises. Ron N
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