hot hide glue wash

[Susan Kline]

At 07:03 PM 6/4/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Jim:
>
>In a couple of years you'll love that you used PVC-E.  That's all I use 
>any more.  I removed the PVC-E glued bushings yesterday, and put on new 
>ones today.  (I always let the keys dry overnight after removing 
>bushings.)  They will come off much better than with hide glue.
>
>dave

I'm really glad to hear this, because I've used Elmer's for keybushing for 
years, but no one else seemed to approve of it. Everybody said that 
bushings put in with white glue would be a nightmare if they had to be 
removed later. However, once or twice I have taken the bushings back out 
after using white glue (Elmer's) and after a light steaming they 
practically fell out. I suppose it depends on how much you use.

I tried hot glue once for key bushing, but found it very hard to use, 
sticky, I kept having to work to keep it from going all over, and I had 
more easing than usual afterwards. I probably just didn't know how to use 
it "right," but I went back to white glue anyway.

Best,
Susan Kline