[pianotech] Bass Top Bridge

[Farrell]

105 resin - quart - I always buy the gallon cans of resin, but I use a fair 
bit of it. If your needs are less, then buy the smaller can
206 slow hardener 0.44 pint (or if you know you want a faster cure, get the 
fast hardener - or buy the quart if you buy a gallon of resin)
300-25 mini pump set - These work well, but not when the can is almost 
empty - I use the pumps, but only as an easy way of moving the product into 
a mixing cup sitting on a scale - I always weigh the material for my 5:1 
ratio - that way you are guaranteed of no goof-ups.
#404 High-Density Filler - I use this filler the most - for bonding one 
thing to another. Their web site has good info on selecting fillers you 
might want to use for specific situations: 
http://www.westsystem.com/ss/product-selection-chart

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Bass Top Bridge


> That is really good to know, about the shelf life of the West System 
> Epoxy.
> I had always been leery of buying it, as I don't use much, and it is
> expensive.
> That wood restorer that Webb sells, I bought it twice, great stuff, but 
> both
> times it hardened up before I could use it. So all I had was the powder,
> with no catalyst. That is what the liquid is, right?
> Too bad he didn't sell it separately
> Anyway, next time I am in Lee Valley, I will purchase the West System.
> Any recommendations on a basic kit to start?
> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Bass Top Bridge
>
>
> Mike is correct also that the shelf
> life is on the order of a zillion years or so. Years back I had a
> half-gallon that I used on some boat work I was doing that I know was back
> in the late 70s - I still had the can when I moved to Florida 20 years 
> ago -
> and I used the epoxy several years later and it was just fine - that was 
> at
> least 15 to 20 years it sat on the shelf!
>
> Terry Farrell