Fw: More bridge recapping questions

[David Love]

There is much debate about whether so called cold hide glue is worth using 
at all.  Both hide glues are hygroscopic but cold hide is much more so and 
is compromised more easily.  I don't use it.  I don't find that hot hide 
glues have a problem with drills as mentioned.

David Love


>From: "Erwinpiano" <Erwinpiano@email.msn.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Fw: More bridge recapping questions
>Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 14:32:54 -0700
>
>   Hi Spalding's
>
>I find drilling into any thermo plastic glue a sticky wicket but especially
>bridge caps and repairs and the way it clogs up little tiny drill bits
>forever. I've used cold hide for bridge cap glue up and as you say there is
>some stickiness but I find epoxy worse when I've tried it.
>  I'm going back to hot hide diluted with urea to retard the gel a bit.  
>I'm
>guessing that the sticky wicket syndrome will disappear.
>    David Love ,I don't glue in shoe pegs just pound them in and cut em
>flush.
>
>    Best
>
>    Dale Erwin
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike and Jane Spalding" <mjbkspal@execpc.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 5:13 AM
>Subject: Re: More bridge recapping questions
>
>
> > David,
> >
> > I wouldn't use hide glue here, or anywhere that the function is to fill
> > voids where you will be drilling or machining later.  When the hot drill
>bit
> > gets into the hide glue you'll have a sticky mess.  Epoxy, thin enough 
>to
> > wick into any cracks, with or without shoe pegs, seems to work best.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Love <davidlovepianos@hotmail.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 12:42 AM
> > Subject: More bridge recapping questions
> >
> >
> > > After removing an old bridge cap and assuming you are not planing down
>the
> > > bridge below the level of the old bridge pin holes, what is the best
> > > method/material to plug the old holes prior to recapping?  Shoe pegs 
>and
> > > hide glue?
> > >
> > > David Love
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