<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Do a test Dean. There is no way epoxy will adhere to cured CA as well as it does to wood.<div><br><div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Calligraphy'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><i>Al -</i></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Calligraphy'"><i>High Point, NC</i></font></div></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Nov 5, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Dean May <<a href="mailto:deanmay@pianorebuilders.com">deanmay@pianorebuilders.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>I've seen CA applied to a very tight crack and near instantly run several<br>inches in either direction along the crack, showing the crack to extend past<br>where it was previously visible. I've never seen that kind of capillary<br>action happen with epoxy. West system is what I use. YMMV. <br><br>Joe's trick of using the heat is sure to improve epoxy's flow performance.<br>But heat will also speed the cure time for epoxy. <br><br>I would think a moderate amount of CA that mostly soaks into the wood would<br>not hinder the performance of epoxy.  <br><br>Dean<br>Dean W May                (812) 235-5272 voice and text <br><a href="http://PianoRebuilders.com">PianoRebuilders.com</a>    (888) DEAN-MAY        <br>Terre Haute IN 47802<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:pianotech-<a href="mailto:bounces@ptg.org">bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf<br>Of Ron Nossaman<br>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 7:29 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [pianotech] English Overdamper piano pinblocks<br><br>On 11/5/2012 1:24 AM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Maybe we need to define the "epoxy" here. West's-type stuff, or the<br>water-thin variety? (And where does one get the best water-thin variety,<br>by the way, as was used on that bridge repair video I bought, to put<br>around bridge pins with a hypo, to soak into and fill up tiny cracks?)<br></blockquote><br>West system will penetrate into pretty much any crack you'll find. I say <br>"pretty much" because if I said "any", with absolute certainty someone <br>would come up with some pathological situation bearing no resemblance to <br>the cracked pin block discussed as "proof" that it won't work in any <br>situation at all.<br>Ron N<br><br><br>-----<br>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5373 - Release Date: 11/04/12<br><br><br></div></div><br></div></body></html>