<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>Paul,<br />     I agree that it can not be totally fixed. But if I were to TRY (and I like to fool around with stuff like this!) I&#39;d get a bunch of clamps, a long wooden caul and a really flat bar of something, put the damaged lid portion on end with the screw holes pointing up, get some super-thin CA into the holes with a hypodermic needle, and then clamp it all together to try to squeeze the bulges flat while the CA soaks into the fibers and cures. (Or just treat a few holes/bulges at a time.) Some obvious problems with this idea being, of course, how one would keep spilled CA off of the surrounding lid sides? And what to do if it cures too hard to put the screws back in, and/or too soon because of some chemical reaction with stuff in the MDF that acts as a CA "kicker"? (But I&#39;ll gladly send $5 to the very first lad or lassie who tries something
 like this, and reports back to us all!)<br /><br />Thumpe<br /><br />P.S. On reconsideration, perhaps some thinned-out water-based glue that dries very hard (Like Dale&#39;s special Titebond?) would be better to try on a  few holes first, before attempting to use the CA.)</div></td></tr></table>            <div id="_origMsg_">
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                            Re: [pianotech] Filling screw holes                            <br>
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                                        <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">The obvious is too easy to ignore.&nbsp; It's a habit I can't seem to shake.<BR>When it comes to the bulging lid screw syndrome, the new MDF lid core material makes it hard to fix the problem.&nbsp; Once it's expanded, there's no way to get it back to where it was.<BR>Paul McCloud<BR>San Diego<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Ron Nossaman" &lt;<a ymailto="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net" href="javascript:return">rnossaman@cox.net</a>&gt;<BR>To: <a ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" href="javascript:return">pianotech@ptg.org</a><BR>Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 8:35:36 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Filling screw holes<BR><BR>On 12/20/2012 10:26 AM, Paul McCloud wrote:<BR>&gt; Many times the screws are angled toward the surface.<BR><BR>Good point, I usually wrongly consider things like this to be too <BR>obvious to point out.<BR>Ron N<BR></td>
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