>Anyone have any ideas on storing glue in your car and keeping it from >freezing during the winter? > >Carol Beigel Glad that you liked the key repair, Carol. Try it and tell me how it works for you, the next time you find a key with a long and uncomplicated break. Actually, I keep most things like furniture polish, etc., in a little six-pack-sized picnic cooler, so at least they'll freeze more slowly. However, in Oregon they would hardly freeze anyway. In a more bitter climate, I'd get the very small containers of Elmer's and CA, and keep them in a purse, so they wouldn't need to live in the car. After years of carrying around a big bottle of Elmers, I realized that the tiniest bottle is equally useful. You just have to refill or replace it a little more often, and that's better than lugging the big one around. I have a little pouch in my kit (which is a fairly elaborate salesman's case with lots of compartments) which just holds the two bottles, and has a velcro flap holding it shut. Regards, Susan >That said, I've started using the white glue (or Titebond) - CA glue trick >to glue split keys when the joint is long and easy to assemble right. > >I spread white glue, fairly copiously, on one piece of key along all >the split area, and then put quite a few drops of CA glue as quickly as >I can on the other piece. Then I assemble the key as well as I can, >paying attention to angles and getting edges flush, and also paying >attention to the flatness of the bottom face. I wipe off the squeeze >out, and set it aside for a few minutes. > >So far this has worked well. No sign of any of them splitting again, >and so far they have fit okay. > >Susan
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