I finally did it ...

[Susan Kline]

At 12:27 AM 10/24/1999 -0400, Wim wrote:

>Many years ago, one of my first experiences with CA glue, left me holding on 
>to a key for a long time.  I put the ivory on with CA glue, and used my
thumb 
>and forefinger as clamps, while I answered the phone.  When I tried to put 
>the key down after five minutes, it wouldn't let go.  This was before we
were 
>warned to always keep a solvent around somewhere.  Needles to say, I had to 
>use a razor blade to cut the skin off my finger to remove the key.
>It still hurts, just to think about it.

Usually when sticking ivory on keys, I'm able to escape with just the loss 
of a superficial layer of skin and maybe a dirty fingerprint on the ivory. 
On ivories this isn't a problem, because you can use acetone to get off 
any excess glue that ends up on the key. But on plastic, it is disastrous
to have the glue smear onto the outside of the keytop, since acetone melts 
the pyralin. 

Actually, this is the first time I've found my fingers stuck together as 
if welded. While it would be interesting to find out if adding the (trace 
of) white glue really _did_ cause the CA to sink deeper into the skin, 
I don't think I'll do an experiment to find out for sure. 

Susan