Touch weight and re-busing action centers

[David W. Pitsch]

I would stick (no pun intended) to the hot hide glue, as it cools very fast and this keeps it
from penetrating into the bushing cloth.  Liquid hide glue takes hours to dry, and there is
more potential for the glue to saturate the cloth.  You need not buy a hot glue pot, I use a
baby food jar in a basin of hot water kept hot by a "third burner".  The important thing here
is to buy high quality hide glue (APSCO is a very good source), and don't let the water get
too hot.  If the glue boils, throw it out.  You can sucessfully reheat hide glue a couple of
times.  This is why it is used especially in key bushings as it releases with steam very
quickly, allowing the keys to be re-bushed many times with no wood loss.
Good luck.

Jerry Hunt wrote:

> David W. Pitsch wrote:
> <snip>
> > Any chance that you plan to rebush all the action centers and then  > reweight the keys?
> ======================================================================
> David,
> Thanks for the response. The questions were un-related. I am planning on
> doing some re-bushing (spelled it right this time!). I haven't ventured
> into using hot hide glue yet. How well does liquid hide glue work for
> action bushing? I've used it for re-bushing keys and replacing various
> felts, including hammer rest rail.
>
> Thanks again for the help.
> --
> Jerry Hunt
> Dallas, TX USA