<div>I didn't think it was a thickness problem.  It appears to the eye to be as watery as the ultra-thin stuff.  Maybe the difference between thin and ultra-thin is enough to make it work or not?</div> <div> </div> <div>But pinblock plugs?  On a 75 year old Starck spinet?  </div> <div> </div> <div>I guess my question might really be: are there different strengths of CA glue?  Different formulae?  Or is CA glue just CA glue, period?  (Thickness or thinness aside)<BR><BR>Tom<BR><BR><B><I>John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The Loctite might be thicker, therefore unable to travel.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>A hobby shop usually has a fast turn over. so it should be fresh stuff. Be sure and get the ultra-thin stuff, and get the super fine tips they have that fit on the bottle, usually in packs of 5.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Wear a respirator if it bothers you, and get lots of ventilation in the area.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have never had the c/a glue fail me.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The only place I can see where it wouldn't work, would be on a split, or separated pinblock.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>In that case, if it were only a few, I would try pinblock plugs. They are available from Webb Phillips, in two sizes.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net">Tom Sivak</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 02, 2007 9:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> CA glue---all the same?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>List</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is there any difference in the quality of various brands of CA glue?   </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have been using Lock-Tite Super Glue, and whereas it seems to work fine for various repairs, I have had a couple of pinblock treatments that didn't take.  I used A LOT of it, too.  It seems as thin a viscosity as the glue available from Schaff or the local hobby shop, so I don't think that is the problem.  I've been buying it because it's available at the hardware store down the street, and I like that it comes in such small bottles.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But I've noticed that my eyes don't water when I use it.  Today I bought a different brand of CA from the hobby shop, and man! I had to leave the area for awhile, it was so gaseously toxic!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I had initially thought that the last two pinblocks were just too far gone and that the glue couldn't make an impact.  Now, I'm starting to think that the Lock-Tite glue might be weaker.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any thoughts?  <BR><BR>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Tom Sivak</DIV> <DIV>Chicago</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>