<HTML>Hi all, Yesterday I had a keytop job that consisted of gluing about 25 ivory key= tops back onto an old Vose upright that once belonged to the mayor of San Jo= se, CA.   When he was a toddler, one of the boys had decided that it was fun to fl= ick them off.  At least they kept them...:-)  With the time I had = alotted for the job(about 3 hours), I was only able to get about halfway thr= ough.   I did much of my work outside, so as not to get too much mess in the hou= se.  I think the coolish temperature negatively affected the drying tim= e of the PVC-E glue(with ti-dioxide), so that even though I clamped them for= half an hour or so, the edges started to lift a bit when unclamped.  W= hat is normal drying time for this glue?  I've used it before, and half= an hour seemed to be plenty to get the keytop firmly on the key. So that I didn't have to redo my work entirely(and because it's a really= old piano that is likely on its last legs), I dripped some ZAP CA glue alon= g the edges that were lifting and held them in place for a few seconds. &nbs= p;That actually worked really well.  Unfortunately, I the index finger = of my left hand on E 44.  I remember reading on this list where someone= actually used a mixture of CA and PVCE.  Does anyone remember that thr= ead? Thanks, Dave Stahl </HTML>