CA glue---all the same?

[Tom Sivak]

I didn't think it was a thickness problem.  It appears to the eye to be as watery as the ultra-thin stuff.  Maybe the difference between thin and ultra-thin is enough to make it work or not?
   
  But pinblock plugs?  On a 75 year old Starck spinet?  
   
  I guess my question might really be: are there different strengths of CA glue?  Different formulae?  Or is CA glue just CA glue, period?  (Thickness or thinness aside)

Tom

John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> wrote:
          The Loctite might be thicker, therefore unable to travel.
  A hobby shop usually has a fast turn over. so it should be fresh stuff. Be sure and get the ultra-thin stuff, and get the super fine tips they have that fit on the bottle, usually in packs of 5.
  Wear a respirator if it bothers you, and get lots of ventilation in the area.
  I have never had the c/a glue fail me.
  The only place I can see where it wouldn't work, would be on a split, or separated pinblock.
  In that case, if it were only a few, I would try pinblock plugs. They are available from Webb Phillips, in two sizes.
  John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Sivak 
  To: pianotech 
  Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 9:02 PM
  Subject: CA glue---all the same?
  

  List
   
  Is there any difference in the quality of various brands of CA glue?   
   
  I have been using Lock-Tite Super Glue, and whereas it seems to work fine for various repairs, I have had a couple of pinblock treatments that didn't take.  I used A LOT of it, too.  It seems as thin a viscosity as the glue available from Schaff or the local hobby shop, so I don't think that is the problem.  I've been buying it because it's available at the hardware store down the street, and I like that it comes in such small bottles.  
   
  But I've noticed that my eyes don't water when I use it.  Today I bought a different brand of CA from the hobby shop, and man! I had to leave the area for awhile, it was so gaseously toxic!
   
  I had initially thought that the last two pinblocks were just too far gone and that the glue couldn't make an impact.  Now, I'm starting to think that the Lock-Tite glue might be weaker.
   
  Any thoughts?  

Thanks,
  Tom Sivak
  Chicago

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