key bushing miracle stuff

[Fenton Murray]

I hosed and hosed a mortise in pure silicone, then bushed it with hide glue, 
no problem. Having said that, I'm not a particular fan of it's use, 
especially in finish products, although it can seem like a miracle worker 
there, too.
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: <tcole at cruzio.com>; "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: key bushing miracle stuff


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>> The front rail job was perfect but all of the balance rail bushings fell 
>> out. I tried soaking the mortises with acetone but no amount of cleaning 
>> seemed to cure the wood of repelling the hide glue. I suspect silicone 
>> was the culprit.
>>
>> Not her fault, of course, but that is one horse she won't get back on 
>> again.
>>
>> Silicone is forever.
>>
>> Tom Cole
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> Baldwin found, as have I since, that the silicone and naphtha mix used by 
> Baldwin/Wurlitzer doesn't adversely affect future glue adhesion. I suspect 
> that what was in those mortises is not what you suspect was in those 
> mortises.
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> Ron N
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