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Re: Pad glue

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-03-27 04:06

TomS wrote:

> In the old days, it was all shellac ... only problem was that
> once in a while, the shellac would break free (usually from the
> cup) and the pad would fall out. Some fingernail polish would
> fix this until something better could be done.

You can re-cement a shellac-mounted pad just be gently heating the pad cup - the result is the same as the process of originally installing the pad.

When I watched Moennig replace pads back in the (pre-hot-glue) '60s and '70s, he used shellac he had liquefied by dissolving it (I suppose flakes) in alcohol. He put the liquid in the pad cup (I've forgotten what he used to drop it in), heated it to evaporate the alcohol, and then placed the pad in the cement. The cement (now without the solvent) hardened as it cooled just as shellac does when melted directly off a stick in a flame. I'm curious if you here melt stick shellac directly into the pad cup or use dissolved shellac?

Karl

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