At 09:17 PM 08/20/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Why is it that everyone tries to turn a silk purse into a sow's ear when >using hide glue? Why >all the fancy tricks? Do it the simple way. No point in going through all >the details again - >it must be on the archives somewhere. But to answer some of the raised >points: > >Glue skin is not a problem if you keep the glue inside a water bath in a >warming pot ($10 max >in K-Mart) with it's own lid. And use thin glue - very thin - much >thinner than you would >imagine is too thin. Then thinner still. You can get away with this if you >size all parts, >like the real old craftsmen did. > >As for brushes, if you use the right kind just leave them in the pot, >sitting at the bottom. Why >not? No metal ferrule, no metal handle, no metal at all. Use the kind the >real old crafstmen >used: wooden handle, bristles tied on with string. > >No tricks needed if you do it right. > >Stephen Because most of us don't like the glue running down the handle onto the bristles when all we need is a discrete application. When keeping the bristles in a shallow 'pool' of glue, articulation is achieved. Just try doing player pneumatic boards with a healthy dollop on glue dripping off the end of your brush. It's application requirements . . . Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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