The most recent bottle of thin CA I purchased was from Mercury Adhesives, product number M5T .http://www.mercuryadhesives.com/products.htm#M5T. I discovered that the bottle is indeed no-clog, and better yet, that the tip is designed to accept standard blunt needles with polypropylene hubs. I've purchased a pack of 100 22 gauge by 1" blunts (about .75 mm outside diameter) that allow me to apply the thin CA _very_ precisely. http://www.smallparts.com/Stainless-Steel-Needle-Polypropylene-Length/dp/B00 1DVUNH0?ie=UTF8&qid=1238365159&pf_rd_r=19VH07B50KYDGGE797NS&pf_rd_p=46759003 1&pf_rd_i=0&sr=1-30&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_m=AIUBT5HP6PMAF&pf_rd_t=301 I now am able to spot-treat untunable pins in old uprights as I tune, with no tilting. With this size of needle, I can reach past the plate if there is no bushing, and sometimes reach in beyond the surface of the pinblock if there's a bit of a gap. A careful application at the very top of the pin, right at the block, will wick in, and a Q-tip is all that is needed to catch the excess that occasionally trickles out. Only once have I treated an entire pinblock. The piano I treated this week needed application on about half a dozen pins. In the case of plate bushings with no gap, I would not be adverse to drilling through the bushing with my smallest drill bit to gain access to the pinblock. Floyd Gadd Manitoba Chapter >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
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