Pinblock CA after Dope?

[John Ross]

I can't quite understand, why it won't accept more.
If it is still loose, then there is space, if there is space, then the 
ultrathin will creep into it.
Or am I misunderstanding something?
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew and Rebeca Anderson" <anrebe@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: Pinblock CA after Dope?


> I'll have to disagree with Susan here.  I've gone 'lite' on CA on a 
> pin-block and after the fourth tuning it needed more.  Problem was it 
> wouldn't accept more.
>
> Andrew Anderson
>
> At 12:00 PM 2/5/2006, you wrote:
>>At 11:00 AM 2/5/2006 +0000, Don wrote:
>>>I find CA works even better on doped blocks. Use lots of CA. If any 
>>>pins
>>>become "frozen" tap them with a tuning pin punch before you shear 
>>>them off
>>>(Don't ask me how I know).
>>
>>
>>Don, here, you've said it yourself! "Use lots of CA" followed by 
>>"before you
>>shear them off"
>>
>>DON'T use lots of CA, so that they DON'T become frozen! Use just 
>>ENOUGH
>>CA so that they aren't loose anymore. Only trial and error can tell 
>>you
>>how much that is, but I think you'll be surprised at how small an 
>>amount
>>will give you good results. Unlike doping hammers, for instance, a
>>second application of CA works even better than the first, so if you
>>find you've used too little (which I've found very seldom happens)
>>you can just add a little more at the next visit. If, on the other
>>hand, you always "use lots of CA" you'll never be able to find out how
>>much is optimum, because you'll always use more CA than optimum, 
>>probably
>>a LOT more. It also has very nasty fumes in large volume. How much is
>>your health worth? Enough to revisit an automatic decision about how
>>much CA is "right"? Heck, that's FREE! All it takes is some mental
>>flexibility.
>>
>>sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssnnnnn (sheesh .....)
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