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Glue for Urethane Coated Nylon Pneumatic Cloth
By Bill Maguire

Like Gordon, I switched to the Nylon cloth for striker pneumatics.
Many will disagree, but, I noticed that pneumatics I had recovered
with Nylon cloth generally held up better after 20, 30 or 40 years.

I have had great results with PVC-E adhesive that I bought from
Schaff Piano Supply.  I buy the quart.  When it starts thickening
and degrading, I mix water into it and use it as a wood sealer instead.
I glue the nylon cloth shiny side out.  In the mid-1980s I tried
rubberized pneumatic cloth from APSCO and Tuners' Supply.  It was
absolutely awful, it was so porous and leaky.

I mostly had great results with Player Piano Company's rubberized
cloth.  I could tear it straight along the seems and the rubber would
not peel off.  I tried that with Schaff's rubberized cloth and the
rubber coating peeled off.  For those who are "loyal" to rubberized
cloth and hate the idea of using PVC-E adhesive, John Tuttle at
Player-Care.com sells a quality rubberized pneumatic cloth.

Bill Maguire


(Message sent Thu 23 Jun 2016, 01:08:31 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Cloth, Coated, Glue, Nylon, Pneumatic, Urethane

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