[pianotech] To Restore of not to restore - LocTite

John Formsma formsma at gmail.com
Sun Apr 12 20:08:39 PDT 2009


Same here on the Dryburgh stuff.
The Walmart stuff is in a very small container -- something like 1/3 oz.
That also reduces shelf life, I'd guess.

Just keep 2 oz. of the unopened Dryburgh in the freezer. It'll be ready for
your next job. Although after a year it might not be as potent.

--
JF

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 8:27 PM, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> wrote:

> Yep,
>
> Dittos on the Dryburgh.  It has worked well for me for some time.  My gut
> feeling is that a super glue from Wal-Mart probably is not worth it for any
> "savings."  I wouldn't suspect that they can rotate the stock on this type
> of product quickly enough to keep it viable - CA glue DOES have a relatively
> short shelf-life.
>
> William R. Monroe
>
>
> Chuck:
>>        The first time I tried the CA trick on loose pins, it did not work.
>>  I
>> used glue purchased in small tubes from the local orange box store (HD).
>> Later, I went to a convention and spoke to a vendor selling Dryburgh
>> adhesives and told him I couldn't get the CA glue to work for me.  He
>> asked
>> me, "Did you use THIS?"  (pointing to his glue bottle).  I told him no.
>>  He
>> said to try his glue.  I purchased a bottle from him.  It was much thinner
>> than what I had been using.  I had even tried turning the piano upside
>> down, and it still didn't work.  Since I began using the very thin CA
>> glue,
>> it has worked well every time.
>>        FWIW.
>>        Paul McCloud
>>        San Diego
>>
>>
>
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