Thin Epoxy

[Brian Trout]

Hi Terry,

If it's really that thin, who says you can't drill and notch before you 
apply the sealer??  Just a thought.

Brian T.






>From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
>Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Thin Epoxy
>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 22:54:39 -0500
>
>I ran across this site and thought of Del and Ron N. and Ron O. They are 
>out by Del. The topic of low viscosity epoxies has come up on the list 
>often.
>
>   http://www.rotdoctor.com/products/product.html
>
>A couple very interesting products:
>
>-    CPEST (Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer)
>-    Tropical Hardwood Epoxy AdhesiveT
>
>The sealer is said to be of diesel fuel viscosity and penetrates into wood 
>way more than other epoxies (laminating bridge caps - your soundboard 
>coating thing). They also claim that WestSystem is petroleum based and 
>cures brittle (I certainly agree that it is brittle).They say their epoxy 
>is wood based and cures flexible. I'm not sure exactly how that might 
>benefit/effect our work on pianos, but there it is (in a bridge cap, I 
>don't see where it would make much difference - brittle or flexible). The 
>penetrating sealer really gets my interest. Hmmm. Maybe we can laminate a 
>thin strip of Kevlar into those bridge caps and use this penetrating sealer 
>for the ultimate bridge cap - 'course it might be a bit of work to get a 
>pin in it and to notch it.
>
>Terry Farrell
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