This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Del. What adhesive do you use to glue up laminations for bridge caps. = Do you also make vertically laminated bridges? What adhesive there? And = finally, regarding graphite on bridges - do you put anything at all on = the bridge top? Do you just leave the wood (maple?) bare? Thanks. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Delwin D Fandrich=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:24 AM Subject: Re: Epoxy The SystemThree Clear Coat epoxy is about as good as 'regular' epoxy = in terms of crack filling. Because it is so thin it penetrates into the = wood surface considerably more than thicker epoxies. If you're trying to = fill small cracks around bridge pins you'll need to go back over them = frequently as it soaks in. The stuff has a really long working life if = you don't mix overly much so this isn't all that much a problem. We've been making laminated caps for most of our bridge work of late = and have been using the stuff to seal the notches where the end grain = shows up. Probably overkill, but it really does soak in a lot. Most of the time we still graphite bridges as a matter of customer = preference. On our own pianos we do not. I fail to see the point of it. Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6f/da/ef/27/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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