> > A friend of mine in the shop at work ran into a little bit of a problem > the other day. He applied Protek CLP to some key bushings which had been > re-done by an outside contractor, and they all started to fall out. He called > them and they said that they had used a glue called Vinyl Therma-set. I'm not > familiar with it, but it could spell trouble for users of CLP if that is > indeed what caused the problem. We ended up re-doing the job ourselves. > Anybody encountered something like this, or was it a fluke. > > Kevin Ramsey Was glue residue left in the mortices as well as on the bushing cloth? In other words, did the Protek affect the glue, or was the glue just not stuck to the wood in the first place? If the wood is clean, was it wood contaminated by some field applied lubricant that didn't allow the glue to stick? Was the glue in question a craft type hot melt glue, or something a little more sophisticated? Is the contractor that installed the bushings a specialist in key work, or a local rebuilder? Finally, what did you use to glue in the replacement replacements, and are they still sticking? Ron N
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