CA glue BURNS!

[Farrell]

Absolutely! Put a big glob of it on a piece of scrap and hit it with the
kicker - and stand back!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: <Tvak@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:08 AM
Subject: CA glue BURNS!


> OUCH!  I have used CA glue in many situations---gluing ivories back on,
> tightening a loose tuning pin, etc.  Yesterday, my daughter asked me to
glue
> her necklace back together for her.  So we went down to my shop and I
applied
> the CA glue to one end and wet the other end with saliva.  As I held the
two
> ends together, I was aware that some glue had gotten on my finger, and
just
> as I was shifting my grip to get that finger off the necklace before it
got
> glued to it, I felt a burning sensation.  And I don't mean a slight
burning
> sensation.  OUCH!  Just as this was happening my daughter said "It looks
like
> that burnt you."  I asked her how she knew, and she told me she could see
the
> SMOKE!!!
>
> I wasn't aware that CA glue could burn.  I know I've gotten it on my
fingers
> before and never felt a burning sensation, so why did it burn this time?
Was
> it because the glue on my finger came into contact with the saliva?
>
> Tom Sivak
> Chicago PTG Associate