---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 12/10/2002 1:12:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: > Subj: Epoxy, was: Chewed up legs > Date: 12/10/2002 1:12:46 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > Sent from the Internet > > Terry Thanks for the info on the epoxy. Although I haven't used much Epoxy I do now know that there are industrial grades that exceed my enthusiasms of any prior usage and I know where to get it. Thanks--Dale > > When epoxy is found to have failed, it is most often in the bond between > the wood and the epoxy. The "putty" type of epoxies are susceptible to this > type of failure. A superior bond is achieved when a thin epoxy resin is > applied to all wood surfaces to be bonded (this thin epoxy will soak into > the wood sufficiently to produce a bond much stronger than the wood > itself), and then before cure, if filler is desired for the application, > the resin thickened with an appropriate filler is applied. > > http://www.westsystem.com/ has absolutely tons and tons of info on the use > and applications of epoxy. > > Once you have discovered the utility of a truly professional epoxy system > like that available from West System (there are others also, System > Three....) it will become very apparent that the epoxies that you find in > the local hardware store are for hanging small pictures, fixing lamps, and > perhaps for some type of small survival kit. The good stuff is so very > versatile. > > Terry Farrell > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0a/74/ad/5b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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