[CAUT] keytops

[John Ross]

I use PVC-E, and after clamping the first time, I have found no need to clamp since.
So it is definitely my glue of choice.
Tried contact cement once, didn't like the hassle.
When I first started out even used the acetone, and old key tops. The key tops dissolved, making the glue. It was a suggestion from a PTG Journal, of the '70's.
No, PVC-E is the best.
John Ross
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
  To: caut at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:54 AM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] keytops


  I like PVC-E.  It's best for materials that have different expansion rates since it remains somewhat flexible after it dries.  Clamp time is minimal and can be very light.  



  David Love




  ----- Original Message -----
  From: rwest1 at unl.edu
  To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
  Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2008 7:34:44 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
  Subject: [CAUT] keytops

  What is the current preferred glue for new plastic keytops?  I  
  thought contact cement was the glue of choice, but I've seen some bad  
  key top jobs with the glue letting go.  It looks like the glue was  
  contact cement, but I'm not sure.  One of the supply houses touts PVC-E.
  Any suggestions?

  Richard West



John M.Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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