<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C5A1DB.8E269490"> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> I like the Kwick Kleen brand, <a = href="http://www.kwickkleen.com/">www.kwickkleen.com</a>, (888) 222-9767. It is always fresh and their shipping is quick. = <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:PersonName>Susan</fon= t></st1:PersonName> is RIGHT! (not to be confused = with conservative ;-) ) 2 oz of glue is plenty to do 98% of the pianos. I = usually use 1.5 oz. and I really like the hypo oilers. = They give excellent control and placement exactly where I want the glue.  With 2 oz or less you = don’t have to worry too much about the glue running places you don’t want it. I = have NEVER had any run into the action cavity but I still always take the = action out (unless it is a spot treatment). I charge 3 times my tuning rate and = offer an 8 year warranty. People are happy to pay that little to save their piano = and buy peace of mind. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> On the glue in the eye thing, read = the MSDS sheets. As I recall, it says not to panic. CA glue polymerizes on = contact with water. The epidermal cells in the eye will slough off within a day = or two where the glue sets up, no surgery required. I remember a newspaper = article where an abused child with eyelids superglued shut underwent surgery to open them back up. If they’d only read the = MSDS sheets. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The gloves are a good idea. Wally = World sells a whole box of latex like vinyl gloves in the paint department for = cheap. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p></fon= t> <st1:PersonName>Dean May</st1:PersonName>       &nbs= p;     cell 812.239.3359<o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.co= m   = 812.235.5272<o:p></o:p> Terre Haute = IN  = 47802<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Alan Barnard Sent: Monday, August 15, = 2005 9:25 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: CA = Glue <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> You just want CA = that is very-thin. Hobby stores may have it or look on the web and find = "super thin" or some such. Some use hypos to put it in but I like a closed system = with less chance for leaking or squirtage (fun new word, I made it up). Schaff's = hypo oiler, No. 189, page 45, works well. The larger one, No. 184, works too = but is a little harder to control the flow.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Safety hints from = bad experience:<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Where safety = goggles. A tiny drop in the eye is a trip to the emergency room and bad = news.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Have acetone or acetone-based nail polish and a rag within easy reach of your = work.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Use a small = desk-type electric fan to blow the fumes anywhere except in your face. Open = windows. Do this work when the customer is not home, if possible, or explain that = the fumes are nasty but they are only in the liquid carrier of the CA and it will = have no odor at all when it is cured.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> If titlting an = upright, spread a dropcloth under and beyond the area in which you are working, = then spread newspapers on the drop cloth. This stuff can drip and it can run = along surfaces and fall off some distance from the pin you are applying it to. Ruining someone's carpet or floor will ruin your day! If not tilting, = just spot treating a few pins, be patient: Let each drop wick in before applying = more and have a rag right at the spot to catch = runoff.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Certain types of = cloth I've used--especially a red shop towel I bought at Walmart--start = smoking when you get CA on it. I've never had one burst into flames, but there was a definite exothermic chemical reaction going on = there.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> If doing a grand, = the stuff WILL drip onto the action. You must cover it or, more safe, remove it. = If you remove it, put some newspaper on the key bed, = anyway.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Alan = Barnard<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Salem, = Missouri<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> (Msg may be a = duplicate, first didn't seem to go through. Sorry if it is = ...)<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>