Klarinet Archive - Posting 000873.txt from 1997/04

From: Martin Marks <mmarks@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Cork cement
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 22:47:20 -0400

IAt 10:14 AM 4/28/97 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-04-26 04:52:22 EDT, you write:
>
><<
> >If you try the super glue gel to glue tenon corks, a technician will charge
> >you double to remove it....after he kills you.
> >
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >Steve Prescott
> >Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist
> >Indiana State University
> >mipresc@-----.edu
> >
> >It should come off easy with acetone or nail polish remover. I've used it
>to
> glue rubber patches to my crystal mouthpiece and corks to keys and nail
> polish remover desolves the glue when I want to get it off. I wouldn't
> think it
> would harm the wooden tenon, but I could be wrong.
>
> Marty
> >
> >
> >>
>Although you may not see solvents like acetone attacking the material of the
>mouthpiece. On a molecular level they are acting to break down the bonds etc.
>in such a way that you run the risk of your mouthpiece fracturing or turning
>into goo a few years down the road. (If this is important to you).
>
>Yes Acetone will harm the wood. It dries it out very rapidly which may lead
>to checking and/or cracking.
>
>Jerry Korten
>NYC
>
>I'm sorry I recommended superglue for tenons. I know it.'s safe on glass
mouthpieces, but I wouldn't recommend it for hard rubber or plastic. Contact
cement is the safe way to go.

Marty