Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2010-01-08 14:21
David Spiegelthal wrote,
>>To all of you who have had a pad fall out (or fear it happening), have your pads installed with silicone glue (a.k.a. silicone caulk, silicone sealant, or RTV). Your pads will never fall out, even if exposed to very cold or very warm temperatures.>>
The pads will never *fall* out, true, but eventually they will *wear* out, and then what do you do? So, David, do you have any good tricks for completely removing the beat-up old pads, in order to install the new ones?
I ask because, as a retired stained glass designer-builder, I'm all too familiar with silicone glue. It's the curse of the stained glass restoration business. I've also encountered silicone glue / caulk a few times in restoring old clarinets, and have heartily cursed whoever installed the pads that way. The silicone-installed pad generally pulls apart when I try to remove it. Then, after peeling out the cardboard back of the pad and chipping out the bulk of the old glue, I've found it time-consuming, frustrating and nearly impossible to get all of the silicone residue out of the pad cup. Just giving up and leaving some of that hardened residue in the cup is a bad idea, obviously, because it makes the interior surface of the pad cup uneven. Using sharp implements or abrasives can damage the cup.
Hot-melt stick shellac does eventually get brittle. But, pads installed with traditional hot-melt are easy to remove completely and replace when necessary. They won't fall out if they're installed properly and checked now and then to make sure the glue is still stable.
Lelia
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Post Edited (2010-01-08 14:22)
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