<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I stopped using CA in the customers home for just that very reason. I've been smelling a limited amount of fumes for most of my life and have never had any side effects until I treated an entire piano with CA. I had the same experience you did. Now all pianos now come into the shop where I use an external exhaust system, or wheel the piano outdoors (I'm in the sunny south) and allow it to dry before bringing it back into the shop. If they don't want to pay the transportation, they can find someone else to do it.<div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Al -</div><div>High Point, NC</div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Nov 13, 2011, at 10:07 AM, David Skolnik wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>As long as there's been this much input on using CA, would a few of you address what, if any precautions you use to protect yourselves and client from the fumes?  Recalling my experience from a few years ago, which I shared at the time, a summertime application in a space that had less than adequate ventilation caused me significant, though temporary (I hope) respiratory distress.  I remember, I think, that Jon Page mentioned using a shop-vac arrangement with a second hose exhausting outside or at a distance from the piano.  I had looked into the low vapor version of the thin CA but did not perform any experiments to verify.  Thoughts?<br><br>David Skolnik<br>Hastings on Hudson, NY<br><br><br><br><br>At 04:00 AM 11/13/2011, you wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Les said: "Thanks for responses to my question. What is the thinnest<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">viscosity<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">superglue. I'd rather not drill if it can be helped. Thanks again-"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">les<<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I strongly urge you to reconsider   My general rule is: if there"s plate<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">bushings Drill!<G> I don't like to do stuff twice! Put the piano on it's<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">back. Take an extra hour to drill. Then, apply the CA glue. I use<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"Insta-Cure, Super Thin, (1-3sec) Glue". It has all the appearances of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">being the same company as Dreyburgh works with. I get it at my local,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(popular/active/busy), Hobby shop. Because they are busy, there is a good<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">turnover, hence it's fresh. CA does have a shelf life. If you keep it in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the FREEZER, you'll get to use it all up.<G> I buy it in 2 ounce botttles..<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">That is usually sufficient for one piano with a bit left over. BTW, The<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"Un-cure" by the same company sucks! Dreybourgh's is far superior imo.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">If this is done correctly, you will get good results.. Just like everything<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">else we do, ya needs to pay attention to the fine details.<G><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">If you are doing a grand, I recommend putting plastic sheeting in place<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">with tape to make sure the stuff doesn't get into places you don't want it!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">DAMHIK!<G><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Best,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Joe<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Captain of the Tool Police<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Squares R I<br></blockquote><br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>