Hi John, Yep, done it may times - just did it today. After resurfacing and notching the bridge, I use the same size pins and I don't redrill. If the holes are grossly enlarged, recap. Mix West System without fillers, and transfer to a large hypo-oiler. I then use a strong squeeze clamp to encourage the epoxy to leave the oiler faster than you can squeeze it (it's pretty viscous). I insert the oiler to the bottom of the hole, and fill the holes. Sometimes going back over them as the epoxy finds all the cracks and seeps into the entire bridge. I drive the pins in to the desired depth, and use old panty hose (knee-high's work nice) to shoe shine the top of the bridge and get the epoxy to coat the bridge top and notches evenly. I'll also use a nice, square-edge piece of hammer felt to swab/swipe the notches and spread the epoxy evenly there. If I'm doing it by myself, I'd do it in three passes - each half of the long bridge and then the bass bridge. That should give you enough time to get things wrapped up before the epoxy thickens too much. If in doubt, do four batches. When all's dry shoot it with a coat of lacquer. William R. Monroe On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:11 AM, John Dorr <a440 at bresnan.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a bridge I'm working on with enlarged, though not really cracked, > holes. Rather than put in ever-larger pins, I thought I might try the West > System Epoxy to fill the holes and then re-drill them. Has anybody tried > this? Have recommendations for/against? And if for, what filler would you > prefer to use? > > Thanks in advance, > > John Dorr, > Helena, MT > > > > > -- William R. Monroe, RPT A440-William R. Monroe Piano Services, Inc. 314 E. Church St. Belleville, WI 53508 608-215-3250 www.a440piano.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090429/d7507c46/attachment.html>
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