<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That sounds like a great idea Tom. I = have been using baby-food jars, but plastic would have that advantage. I usually use hot hide glue for small work - felt, = dampers, action stuff, etc. so I am often mixing up small quantities of glue. A = small insert is the ticket here - hence baby-food jars. However, a = smaller jar can tend to move about in the glue pot. I usually place a ceramic = tea cup into my glue pot and then put the baby-food jar in the tea cup. Water = goes in the liner and the tea cup. Thermometer tip goes into the tea cup water. = That way the baby-food jar stays centered in the pot, and when I put my stick = into the pot for more glue, I get glue every time rather than a cleaned stick! = Oh, and I also made a lid for my pot and put a slot in it for the stick and a = small hole for the thermometer - and I use the rheostat to maintain appropriate temperature.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Tompiano@aol.com = href="mailto:Tompiano@aol.com">Tompiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 29, = 2003 4:02 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Cleaning Glue = Pots</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I stumbled onto a great little trick a few years = ago. Instead of letting the glue be in contact with the glue pot I found = that using a plastic insert ( like a cream cheese container) fits perfectly in = the glue pot and contains the mess to the plastic container. The other great = feature is that when the glue dries it doesn't stick to the plastic. Simply pull = the dried glue out and the plastic container is ready for use = again.<BR>Tom Servinsky</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>