Re: Help Replacing Ivory Keytops
By Jon Page
When you go to remove the ivory, try to keep the white glue wafer intact. If a thin blade (a single edge razor blade) won't take it off, try a little heat.
Warm a piece of metal which is the approximate size of the ivory (or use a quarter-dollar coin) on an iron and place it on the ivory. This will soften the glue a little.
If some of the wafer comes off, just touch up the area with "White-Out" typing correction fluid. Carefully sand the glue residue from the key and fit the new ivory, keeping in mind the bevel on the rear of the head to match the tail piece. Use CA glue for replacement.
Good Luck, Jon Page
Cape Cod. Mass jpage@capecod.net |
(Message sent Wed 18 Dec 1996, 00:00:27 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.) |
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