<HTML>In a message dated 8/14/02 9:07:27 PM Central Daylight Time, Tvak@AOL.COM writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><< Squirt a couple of drops of CA glue in the hole, spray some kicker on the pin, and drive the pin in the hole. >> I have never used kicker on bridge repairs with CA.  I say this not to disagree, but to question my not using it in the past.  Since the kicker only accelerates the drying of the glue, what's the hurry?  Why not just let the glue dry on its own?  I ask these quesitons out of naivete having used CA only on about a dozen bridges at this point. Still, just letting the glue dribble into the hole and letting it dry by itself seems to do the trick.   (Pins are tight afterwards.)</BLOCKQUOTE> If you have the time to wait for the glue to dry on its own, I guess you don't have to use the kicker. I have never let this glue dry on its own, so I don't know how long it would take. That is why I use the kicker. It sets the glue within 10 seconds. I get instant results, and I can move on to the next project. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Do you also use kicker when applying CA to a pin block?  (I haven't used it in that application either, also with seemingly good results.  Which doesn't mean I wouldn't be happy to get better results with the kicker!) Just asking, Tom Sivak </XMP></BLOCKQUOTE> I have never used CA glue for pin block repairs. But I guess the same goes for this, as it does with the bridge pins. Wim </HTML>