Thanks to Susan Kline

Greg Newell gnewell@ameritech.net
Tue, 05 Dec 2000 00:07:50 -0500


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Susan,
    A quick question. What if, for some reason, that I want to get the
glue joint apart later. Have you ever tried it?

Greg Newell

Susan Kline wrote:

>  At 08:35 PM 12/04/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> 10:30 PM, and I have the replacement suction box and auto shut off
>> switch installed, rewired, and putting the case together when I
>> bumped the switch button and it fell out of the switch. I found the
>> button under the piano and took the switch body apart. The button
>> was a plastic covered dowel that was glued to a plastic disc. I
>> scraped the glue from the parts, put a SMALL drop of white glue on
>> the button and a small drop of CA to the plastic disc, let the white
>> glue begin to flash, then pressed to two together. SHAZAM!!!!
>> Instant bond! Very strong. I smiled to myself and said "thank you
>> Susan Kline."
>>
>> And thanks to all who take the time to share their experiences on
>> this list
>>
>> Paul Chick
>
>
> (My pleasure ... with me that inward-facing smile happens so
> dependably that it is part of the process.)
>
> I think you also would have felt the plastic disc getting slightly
> warm during the SHAZAM.
>
> If the switch ever comes apart again, please let me know. So far so
> good, and I've never found that a CA-white glue bond came apart later,
> but it's a fairly new procedure, so it doesn't hurt to solicit data. I
> was encouraged that Donnie Byrd's Titebond-CA glued plastic keytops in
> Cuba were still completely okay after a year of heavy use.
>
> Susan

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