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Re: Corks coming loose

Author: Matt74
Date: 2017-08-20 09:26

Maybe there was something wrong with your Weldwood when you got it.

Applying parrafin wax helps prevent the cork from absorbing solvent. It also makes it a bit more slippery. I use canning wax. You may have seen this, it's exactly how we did it at repair school. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WOXEG56QUgY

You will probably burn a few corks at first, just as long as it's not the clarinet. The trick is that after the initial application, when you are heating the cork, hold it TOO FAR from the flame and be patient. Obviously, don't put the tenon right above the flame, but to the side.

For anyone with a plastic clarinet who may be reading this and who doesn't already know - alcohol is for wood only. It makes plastic brittle.

- Matthew Simington

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