Paul, CA & Hide glue would work, but why???<G> kindofan oxy-moronic thingee. Contrary to popular belief, cold hide glue has a very long shelf life. Even though Franklin says is doesn't, it does. I have a bottle of cold hide glue that was in my previous "Gorilla Tool Kit", that was stolen and then recovered many years later. The darn stuff is still just fine! IF, you leave the stuff in the car and it goes through many cycles of freezing and high temp it will have a shorter life. I have not found that the heating/cooling has any effect. However, since I use a lot of hide glue, the bottle gets filled often, so there's never any reeeeaaaallllyyy olde glue hanging around. Yes, I do clean out the bottle and sterilize it with each fill up!<G> I hope that helps. Regards, Joe P.S. On the Sheet Metal/shank removal system, I forgot to give a date: 1975! (before I passed the R.P.T. (then it was R.T.T.), test.<G> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ----- Original Message ----- From: paul bruesch To: joegarrett at earthlink.net;Pianotech List Sent: 9/11/10 1:39:37 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Field Hammer shank replacement Joe, I imagine cold hide and CA would probably set up very quickly, eh? <JK> Do you put the whole bottle of cold hide glue in the hot water? If so, does this affect the already-short shelf life?? Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote: BTW, I use cold hide glue for such repairs, in the field. Trick: put the Hide Glue in a coffee mug with very hot water. Let set while you are prepping the repair, (always dry fit!). The heat helps the cold hide glue to set faster. I'm sure some brainiac will come up with a reason why this is so.<G> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100911/2ca14a77/attachment.htm>
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