Epoxy glue in Europe ?

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Stephane,
On a two week trip to Japan this summer I tried my best to find CA glur we
use here in the states. All efforts to different shops resulted in negative
results. Even  took an empty bottle and my daughter in law to translate for
me.
It may be that in Japan the glue is banned due to its chemical properties
and toxic aroma. And I have an idea that there may be other things that we
or you use that are not available to you or us as the case might be.
We have also found that hand tool models can be readily available in one
contry and not in another and finding the manufacture is difficult and does
not always result in finding the correct tool even if you do.
Ah such is life <(O((
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stéphane Collin" <collin.s@skynet.be>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:12 PM
Subject: Epoxy glue in Europe ?


> Hello all.
>
> After reading posts about happy use of epoxy glue to repair loose bridge
> pins, I have tried this on a piano which had quite large cracks (2 mm) at
> the pin holes on the bass bridge (the pins were vertical).
>
> It was a disaster.
>
> I mixed the two components, heated the pins, let the glue go down into the
> crack, let rest for a whole day, then put the string back in place, and
was
> happy for about 6 hours, after what, unhappy to see that the pins were
back
> again in their vertical position.
> Makes me think we don't talk about the same epoxy glue.
> I used Araldite 2013 (medium fast hardening gap filling for wood and
metal),
> as West System epoxy is hard to find here.
> Any idea about what went wrong ?
> Any clue about a product easy to find on the old continent ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Stéphane Collin.
>
>
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