<div>On 8/21/07, David M. Porritt <<a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I have one and they work pretty well.  We've mainly used it to keep food cold while we're on a trip.  I think you'd have to do a bit of driving during the day when it is plugged in or you might find your battery dead after a hard day at the office. dp ____________________ David M. Porritt, RPT <a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu </a> -----Original Message----- From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of Elwood Doss Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:07 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: RE: suitable "cooler" for glues, lubes, etc. in car Has anyone tried one of those refrigerator/coolers that plug into your cigarette lighter?  I've thought about getting one of those.  I'd like to know any experiences others have had with one. Joy! Elwood Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT Piano Technician/Technical Director Department of Music 145 Fine Arts Building The University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN  38238 731/881-1852 FAX: 731/881-7415 HOME: 731/587-5700 -----Original Message----- From: Mike Spalding [mailto:<a href="mailto:mike.spalding1@verizon.net">mike.spalding1@verizon.net</a>] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:55 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: suitable "cooler" for glues, lubes, etc. in car Yes, precisely.  I particularly like it for felt and leather, because it doesn't dry hard and stiff like Titebond, and it adheres well to lots of different serfaces. Mike Barbara Richmond wrote: > PVC-E is handy for gluing keytops and felts. > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, Illinois > >     ----- Original Message ----- >     *From:* Michael Magness <mailto:<a href="mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com">IFixPianos@yahoo.com</a>> >     *To:* Pianotech List <mailto: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> >     *Sent:* Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:44 AM >     *Subject:* Re: suitable "cooler" for glues, lubes, etc. in car > > > >     On 8/21/07, *Mike Spalding* <<a href="mailto:mike.spalding1@verizon.net">mike.spalding1@verizon.net</a> >     <mailto:<a href="mailto:mike.spalding1@verizon.net">mike.spalding1@verizon.net</a>>> wrote: > >         David, > >         Wisconsin. 0 to 100, occasionally. Protek, CA, Titebond, and >         PVCE travel >         in my tuning kit. About an ounce each, except for the 4oz >         bottle of >         Protek. The tuning kit travels with me, and comes into the >         house at the >         end of the day. Following one very unhappy experience, I keep >         the CA >         bottle (1 oz) inside a Ziploc bag. >         Why Duco? >         What's Barge? > >         Mike > >         David Nereson wrote: >         > >         > I don't like to have a lot of little containers of liquids >         in my tool >         > case - just a small bottle of wood glue. I have Protek, >         Barge, Duco >         > Cement, CA glue, debonder, accelerator, and cold hide glue >         in a little >         > lunch cooler in the car. Except it doesn't really cool; in >         fact, it >         > gets too hot and the Barge glue turns to rubber, the Duco >         cement goes >         > bad, volatile stuff evaporates, even with the cap on. In the >         summer, >         > cars can get up to 130 degrees inside with the windows up >         and the sun >         > beating down. Then in the winter, it can get down to at >         least the 30's >         > - near freezing. Of course it gets colder than that >         overnight, but I >         > bring the little lunch cooler inside every night. >         > >         > But it doesn't insulate well enough to protect all these >         glues and lubes. >         > >         > What does everyone else use? >         > >         > --David Nereson, RPT >         > > > >     Hi David, Mike, >     I'm also in Wisconsin I carry Titebond 4oz., Protek 4oz, and I've >     found a very sturdy CA bottle by Loctite it's a gel that dispenses >     a drop at a time by squeezing the sides of the bottle. I've gotten >     it at Walmart and home centers for under $3. I don't use CA a lot, >     just for the occasional cracked flange or on Kawai's styran >     componants. If I feel I'll need my cold hide glue on a particular >     day, I'll throw it in my bag unless it's very cold out, then I >     carry it in an inside pocket of my coat, in a baggie. Mike why do >     you carry the PVCE? > >     Mike > >     -- >     Michael Magness >     Magness Piano Service >     608-786-4404 >     <a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a> <<a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">http://www.IFixPianos.com </a>> >     email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a>> > OK, I'm convinced, now tell me how I carry PVC-E I have a quart jar of it, a little bulky to say the least!<grin> </blockquote> <div> </div> <div>Can I dump out and wash out an old Titebond bottle or does it have to be some other materiel and let less air in?</div> <div> </div> <div>Mike -- Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 <a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a> email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com </a> </div></div>