Author: Fred Boreale
Date: 2013-01-28 20:46
Steve,
Are you & me talking about the same hot glue, The hot glue I have here is in a stick form you put the glue stick in a glue gun and it heats the glue up, or you can just melt the stick, You pull the trigger on the gun and hot glue come out the pointed end, as soon as it comes out and hits the air (maybe 5 seconds) it is dry. You mention that hot glue has a longer open time, maybe we are talking about two different glues here? The hot glues I have ever used dries as soon as it hits the air, there is no working time.
If you were to put the glue gun point in the pad cup and press the trigger to release the glue as soon as you removed the gun tip from the cup the glue is dry, I have never had any open time when using hot glue to repair anything, now I remember THAT was my main reasons for not liking hot glue.
I am not sure where using a hair dryer came from but I never mentioned using one. Even I know that a hair dryer is a dumb idea.
I did mentioned using a micro torch though or maybe using the tip of a soldering iron to hold on the edge of the pad cup to heat it up, the one I have here is only 25 watts, not sure that is hot enough. I will try it the next time a pad falls out.
I think I would start with the 4 larger pads, one at a time, since they are bigger they might be easier to do? I have had at least 3 of those fall out and I heated the cup w/a lighter (Very scary not hitting the wood) I replaced those using my feeler gauge to make sure they were level. It seems to work, the horn plays and plays pretty good.
From reading between the lines on the replies I have received,( Which I really appreciate your time to help), most are saying for me not to do this as a beginner, I know where you are coming from but I have no choice, No one is going to do this for me, if I do not do this then I will not have a horn to use. I am trying to learn to play this clarinet, just for fun and maybe to get a little better, I am 65yrs old and it will keep my mind working learning music, (It has been a little hard not knowing if I am doing things right) I know I need an instructor and I really wish I could have one but there is no extra money for one. I had to retire early after 35yrs my company decided to closed the doors after 112 years, so retiring early I lost a lot of money so there is no extra.
I am not going to give this idea of playing the clarinet up because of the pads falling out and should be replaced. They are worn out! I do think that these are the original pads from whenever this horn was made? (I have a thread on now trying to identify my clarinet, No looks or replies as of now.) If I have to keeping putting the pads back in why not just put a new one in its place?
I like the idea of the RooPads for the open keys and the A & G# key I think they are a good pad, a cork pad for the register key, it is the rest of the pads I am not sure of what kind to use? Any good suggestion? and where to get them?
I am going to figure this out and I will get the nerve to do this.
Thank you
Fred
fboreale@aol.com
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