Yesterday I made my first CA job on a grand and it worked. I must admit that I was very skeptical but now I am convinced. How do you apply it? With a hypo oiler or just out of the bottle? I used the bottle and had the problem that the glue came in contact with the string rings on the pin. I guess it´s not so good. Gregor > To: pianotech at ptg.org > From: ben at benspianotuning.com > Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:13:30 +0000 > Subject: Re: [pianotech] CA glue vs. PinTite or Garfield's? > > Basically the instructions were these: Remove the action and place towels on the keybed. Using a fine tip, pour the red label (the water thin viscosity) CA glue in at the base until the pinblock won't accept any more. In other words, use a lot! He sells larger bottles designed for this purpose, I forget how many ounces they are. You use pretty much use all of the bottle on one pinblock. Oh yes--NEVER use accelerator when treating pinblocks because it will immediately harden and clog the capillaries of the wood keeping it from accepting any more glue. And then, tune... > > -Ben > > Ben Gac, RPT > Ben's Piano Tuning > (708) 660-9331 - office > (630) 291-5654 - mobile > Ben at BensPianoTuning.com > www.BensPianoTuning.com > > > ------Original Message------ > From: Euphonious Thumpe > To: ben at benspianotuning.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] CA glue vs. PinTite or Garfield's? > Sent: Mar 24, 2009 12:14 PM > > > All I know is that some of these contain(ed?) glycerine, which attracts moisture from the air, but also encourages decay, I believe. If that is the case any longer, I do not know. > Please describe Dryburg's suggestions. I am curious to know whether his techniques differ from mine. > > Peace, > > Euphonious Thumpe > > > > > > > > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T _________________________________________________________________ Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/events.aspx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090325/59613e3c/attachment-0001.html>
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