Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2006-01-10 09:51
"...The glue, which came with essentially no instructions, says to use it "hot or cold"...."
This sounds suspiciously like shellac dissolved into alcohol to make a thick paste. Trade name possibly "Mico"?
If so, in my opinion and experience, it would be one of the most difficult of adhesives for a beginner to use. Several decades ago it was commonly used, and typically pads were surrounded with a gooey, oozey brown mess, and poorly seated.
Probably the easiest would be cream coloured stick shellac, (or amber for tan coloured pads), or J L Smith's hot-melt glue pellets.
I still suggest you should get that book I suggested, or pay to work closely with a KNOWLEDGABLE technician.
IMHO you are biting off a lot more than you realise.
IMO buying the pads and the glue is about 1/500 of the way towards doing a satisfactory job.
But if it is your wish, go for it anway, and I wish you well.
Post Edited (2006-01-10 09:52)
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