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No room for a cow, probably against the zoning here in town. <br>
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I actually don't use the glue trick on ivory unless the CA for some
reason <br>
doesn't work. But I do use the CA, because I can get a lot of them
dependably <br>
on in a short time. The plain CA one could remove with acetone, of
course, <br>
though it would be a little bit of labor. If a little bit of CA ends up
on the <br>
outer side of the ivory (like in a big fat thumb print ...), acetone will
<br>
take it off, but I haven't found anything else which will. <br>
<br>
How did you find out that it was CA and Elmer's, Joe? Did you talk to the
<br>
tech who did it? I don't think it's all that common. Most of the ones I
have <br>
to deal with have been stuck on with (ugh) airplane glue. And then they
come <br>
back off. <br>
<br>
I wonder if acetone would soak through the little pores of the ivory and
<br>
release the glue joint? Thump just put on something about acetone turning
<br>
white glue to a gel, as well, which I didn't realize, and which could
come <br>
in very handy at times. Perhaps I should make a few CA-Elmer's joints in
various <br>
materials, and see if they will come unstuck with acetone. <br>
<br>
Sssssssssssssssssssnnnn<br>
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At 11:54 AM 8/23/2005 -0700, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>I know
Ssssssn is gunna have a cow, but I just gotta say it. Please don't use
the CA/Elmers on replacing Ivories!!! PLEASE!!!!???? I'm in the process
of doing a re-whatever on a set of European Upright Keys. 1/2 of
the keys still have/had beautiful, thick Ivory, that could be salvaged.
Several had been "re-glued" with that damned concoction! There
was no way in hell, those could be salvaged!! What a damned waste!!
grrrrr!</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>O.K. I'll get off my soapbox.</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>Regards,</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<br>
Captain, Tool Police<br>
Squares R I</font></blockquote></html>