On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> wrote: > The problem with toothpick and similar repairs is that it doesn't > distribute the material evenly around the stripped hole. I thought the paper > towel idea sounded promising and I too will try it. It would seem that if > you make a small tube of the paper and insert it into the hole it will > already have a "pilot" hole. > > I too have used leather successfully and it does make me feel like more of > a craftsman for some reason. Maybe its just because its a good "old school" > repair. I also tend to lean towards less toxic repairs. So I prefer to use > Ballistol or Alcohol/water over Protek (But I still find myself still using > it) for freeing up action centers, and aliphatic resin glue over CA glue. > > I've often thought that there is a good analogy between drugs and certain > chemicals used by piano technicians. They are quick fixes and are highly > addictive, but may not have have long term benefit. We may find that all the > actions Proteked (a new verb!) in the 90's will start seizing up in the next > decade. We don't really know the long term affect of these modern products. > > > > -- > Ryan Sowers, RPT > Puget Sound Chapter > Olympia, WA > www.pianova.net > Hi Ryan, I believe you and I are on the same track. I don't eschew new things for the fact that they are new as much as I question their long term efficacy over the tried and true. Like you I prefer alcohol and water over Protek and Titebond over CA when there is a choice to be made. Of course there are times when Protek or CA are the preferred but I've had the same bottle of Protek for at least 4 years now and it's still over 1/2 full. The only CA I carry is Loctite Gel in a control bottle that allows me to squeeze out one drop at a time. It costs 2.79 at Walmart and I may use 1 or 2 bottles (.14 oz) a year. It's useful for gluing the Kawai Styran, sets faster than PVC-E. I just spent about an hour a few weeks ago re-gluing several hammers in Yamaha's & Kawai's in a high school that had obviously been CA'd by someone previously but were loose again. I removed them, cleaned off the old glue and reglued them properly with Titebond as I always have. CA may work OK in a home setting for a loose hammer but in a school where it's being used 5 or 6 hours a day it doesn't hold up, CA doesn't flex like Titebond will. Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/> email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090327/fa036128/attachment.html>
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