[CAUT] glue sizing bushings

[David Ilvedson]

I just slop it in with an artist's brush....

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044


----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Fred Sturm" <fssturm at unm.edu>
To: caut <caut at ptg.org>
Received: 10/20/2006 10:53:07 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] glue sizing bushings


>On 10/19/06 6:24 PM, "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>> Fred,
>> 
>> I kind of thought the teflon powder might adhere to the bushing cloth better
>> than the liquid stuff...????   Teflon powder has definitely lengthened the
>> life of my key bushing jobs.   The Prolube/Protek I'm sure works just as
>> well....
>> 
>> David Ilvedson, RPT
>> Pacifica, CA  94044
>Hi David,
>    I brush powder on the bushing cloth, then lightly rub it in, prior to
>installing during a rebush job. But I can apply a liquid a lot faster to a
>whole set of keys with bushing already installed. It's just a question of
>efficiency. If you keep the pins slick, and add a bit of lube to the
>bushings each time, they last and last. But if this takes too much time, it
>might be better to rebush more often, in the sense of budgeting a limited
>amount of time. I dunno, probably some folks are a lot faster with applying
>powder to installed bushing than I have been - I should experiment and see
>if I can get the moves down better.
>Regards,
>Fred Sturm
>University of New Mexico