<html> <body> Terry, I'm with Ron Koval on this one.  You don't really need to use hide glue. If you want to be a purist, though, then simply bring a folding table and a common drop cloth.  Bring a small bucket or basin with a few rags and towels and get some warm water from the customer for potential clean ups. Use a baby bottle in the glue pot to run the glue, so that you can re-seal it when you are done. If any hide glue drips do go where they don't belong, let them cool before cleaning up.  Usually it will just be a small bead of clue that can be picked off.  Unless you have stepped on it, of course! Have fun! Don Mannino At 10:45 AM 11/19/2003, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hello listees,   I am scheduled to install a set of new damper felts on a 1960s Baldwin studio. I've done this work in my shop before, but am having nightmares of hot glue pots knocked over on carpet, drips of hide glue running down strings, etc., etc.   What is the best systematic way of doing this in a home. This 38 year-old Hamilton looks like it came off the Cincinnati assembly line two days ago - much like the rest of her spotless living room. Neatness is paramount! In fact, I'm not so sure now that it even matters if the felts stay on - I just gotta keep it neat!!!   I have the action in my shop now and will be going back to her home to install the felts.   Having done this job in my shop before, I hadn't really given it much thought. But now that I am faced with Her, Her piano and Her living room - and She will be peering right over my shoulder for the whole job - I'm gettin' the Willies! I'm much more nervous thinking of this job that I was building and installing my first soundboard!   Thanks.   Terry Farrell</blockquote></body> </html>