<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Friends, OK, we have an interesting conflict in opinion.  Might it have anything to do with the contact cement itself? We got a new countertop on our kitchen cabinets around 1990, and everything is starting to come apart now.  A cabinetmaker said there was bad glue at one point.  That may not have affected the small amounts we use, but if it did, that might account for the variety of opinions. Regards, Clyde RCzekay@aol.com wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Contact cement is the best for gluing ivories, or for replacing ivories with plastic key tops. Been using it for years, and it is a very tight and lasting bond. I also use it to replace sharps. Have never had a call back on a key recovering job in the last 25 years.</blockquote> </html>