<html> <body> <pre>>>Yesterday,in an answer about repairing hairline cracks in ivory, you wrote... >>Make certain the ivory is secure to the key first, >>wick in thinned hot glue/showhite and clamp if loose. >How do you go about "wicking" in the thinned out glue, >and about how thin should it be? Thanks,Richard Wagner </pre>Before any repair, make certain that the ivory is secure to the key especially on a hair line crack. If the ivory is not secure, the repair might crack as the ivory flexes or is lifted slightly. <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. <a href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:jonpage@comcast.net </a>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</body> </html>