Pin bushings with CA glue application

[Dean May]

>>Still, wise men still have paper towels handy.......

Q-Tips work very well for this. They are a lot easier to use in getting
between the pins and strings to soak up the runs. 

If you use a bright flashlight in one hand, or an LED headlamp, and your
hypo oiler in the other it really helps to see when the pin has reached
saturation and is about to overflow. 


Dean

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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of William R. Monroe
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:06 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Pin bushings with CA glue application

Gordon,

Just a quick note from the "less is more" school of thought.  Though I'm 
sure I'm not as minimal as some in this procedure, I tend toward using less 
CA.  Probably my biggest reason for doing so is mess/potential for damage.

For starters, I have yet to tip an upright for application.  Capillary 
action works quite well without tipping.  And, more importantly for me, I 
have no worries about CA running down the plate/strings/whatever.  Once 
capillary action fails to draw in any more CA, you know you're done.  It 
takes a couple to get the hang of seeing that you're almost there to avoid 
dripping, but if you go slow to start, you'll get it pretty fast.  Still, 
wise men still have paper towels handy.......and debonder.

I also tend to work in two passes.

William R. Monroe


>    Hi Gordon:
>    I have treated around 60 pianos with CA, both with and without 
> bushings. Your first application will soak into the bushings and the 
> excess will run seep down into the pinblock.  Be generous.  Go around a 
> second time (which I do most times anyway) and that will insure that CA 
> will wick down into the block where you want it.  My philosophy is more is

> better.  I don't want to come back later and reapply because I was stingy 
> with the product the first time.
>    If it is a grand, play it safe and remove the action to prevent seepage

> past the pins.  In a spinet like yours, before you flip the piano up on 
> all four, be sure any excess has been soaked up with paper toweling as it 
> can run down the strings and into the dampers.  Ask me how I know..... 
> Good Luck
>    Mike Kurta
>
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