Klarinet Archive - Posting 000301.txt from 2006/01

From: "Geoff & Sherryl-Lee Secomb" <gsecomb@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] cork grease
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:33:57 -0500


Lelia Loban wrote:
"Since Bill Hausmann has probably repaired more clarinets than I've seen in
my lifetime, I defer to his observation. However, since acetone is the
only effective solvent I've found for contact cement, I do wonder whether
the glue let grease under it because it was damaged (cracked from the cork
pulling back and forth over the years), or the wrong kind of glue, or not
applied properly."

To clean joints of excess grease, and old glue when cork is removed, I use a
product marketed in Oz as either "Dry Cleaning Fluid" or "White Spirits."
It gets all the old grease off, all the old glue off, and is not as
astringent as Denatured Alcohol, or as damaging to the timber as Acetone,
which tends to strip the life out of wood as it is so very volatile, and
from many years use I can attest to the efficacy of White Spirits in
producing effective and long lasting corking jobs.

Lelia:
"Over-greased corks probably contribute to that problem. If the old cork is
saturated with grease, then it's hard to remove the cork and clean the
tenon for a new one without leaving some of the old grease behind."
[PLEASE SEE COMMENT ABOVE]
"Also,
I've made the mistake of applying contact cement too thickly (because an
old tube was starting to dry out) or getting impatient and not letting it
dry on both cork and tenon before pressing them together."

Both very valid comments. Always use 'current' contact cement, and never be
impatient.

Geoff Secomb.

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