Jason - Don't be intimidated by these super-skilled artisans! Whereas I have no doubt what-so-ever that one can successfully apply CA to the tuning pins of a vertical piano without tipping, for the total non-artistic-oriented slobs like me out there - just tilt the sucker back and you gots no worries mate. I've never even tried to do it on a vertical vertical, but I know for a FACT that I would be gluing all sorts of action parts together, keys to keybed, pedal assemblies - besides just making an unsightly mess of the plate. Just another point of view! ;-) Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- > I use Hot Stuff Red (ultra thin) CA, 2oz bottle and I use the pro tips > that you can buy for the bottles. It takes a little getting used to how > the CA runs out the tip - the first few drops come out faster than the > rest, but once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty smoothly. > > Tip the bottle up and place the tip on the junction of the tuning > pin/bushing or pin/block. As soon as the juice starts to flow, I'm > watching for saturation. On blocks where I suspect it might not take > much, I may squeeze the bottle a little, prior to tipping to give me a > little buffer. If the block isn't taking much CA, I can ease my grip on > the bottle, and the flow decreases, or, stops. > > It doesn't take too much practice to get the feel for how the CA and > behaves and how it looks when it's wicking into this area. Same goes for > determining saturation point - it's something that takes a little > observation, but isn't too hard to get a feel for. Probably the trickiest > part for me is that every block is a little different in terms of how much > CA it will initially accept. > > In honesty, I can't say I've never had it drip. I can say that it did > happen for one of two reasons: > > 1. first few times I tried it and was learning a good method. > 2. tried to get the block to take more than it wanted - wasn't paying > attention. > > Hope this is helpful. > William R. Monroe > > > >> Couple of times I've tried CA on a non-tipped vertical, it dripped down, >> got into the string/pressure bar contact point. Big wince, Q-tips and >> debonder to try to minimize damage. Once it dripped onto a damper. I feel >> very nervous about trying it again. Can you talk about how you apply it? >> >> Jason Kanter
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