Thanks to Susan Kline

[Paul]

Susan

I bought a CA release agent from the local hobby shop where I get my CA. The
owner claimed it would take CA off of plastic without damage-never tried it
yet. It will clean brushes and remove CA from your skin and other surfaces.
It's possible that it would release a good joint if it can penetrate it.
Hmmmm. Something to tinker with. I'll let you know.

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Kline <sckline@home.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: Thanks to Susan Kline


> At 12:07 AM 12/05/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >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
>
> I've tried taking it apart within a few minutes of making it. You can get
> it apart. The white glue is still wet and not fully set. There is sort of
a
> foamy, clotted feeling to it, as if the CA had bubbled when it hit the
> white glue. The joint seems to get firmer over a few hours.
>
> For some jobs, I don't worry about whether the joint can be broken apart
> later. For instance, when gluing in rubber buttons, I assume I can just
> drill out the button later if need be. I would never use CA and white glue
> for something like a hammer head, though, where one can assume that the
> hammer will need to be removed at some future point. I would also never
> glue in a wood screw with CA, because it's too likely that the screw will
> seize, and be impossible to turn out.
>
> I haven't tried taking a wood joint apart after it has fully cured, or,
for
> that matter, a cloth to cloth joint. I think that the cloth would be
pretty
> hard to take apart without tearing holes. Whether heat and/or steam or
> acetone would work with a wood joint, I don't know. Maybe once the
> Christmas rush is past I'll try some.
>
> Has anyone else tried taking a CA-white glue joint apart later on?
>
> Susan
>