Hot animal glue for cushions???

Tom334

Tom334

Restored 1913 Jefferson
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Has anyone ever use hot animal glue to glue the rubber on? The type you have to use a hot glue pot to melt the flakes with. I've used it before for restoring a player pianos bellows cloth and it works great and gives you time to position things. Extremely strong bond to the rubber cloth. That is the old way of doing it, but for a first attempt at gluing cushions in the right place it would seem to give you time to make sure the rubber is where you want it, unlike contact cement. Comments????
 
Tom334 said:
Has anyone ever use hot animal glue to glue the rubber on? The type you have to use a hot glue pot to melt the flakes with. I've used it before for restoring a player pianos bellows cloth and it works great and gives you time to position things. Extremely strong bond to the rubber cloth. That is the old way of doing it, but for a first attempt at gluing cushions in the right place it would seem to give you time to make sure the rubber is where you want it, unlike contact cement. Comments????
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I won't use it because of the problems of replacing the rubber again if it comes up. I'm not going to use something that is going to be more of a pain in the ass to get the rubber off at a later date than it's worth, and with all the pool tables and coin-op replacement rails that I've built over the last 24 years...I never once used it...but I sure have replaced rail rubber that was put on with it...and charged more for the job because if it!

Glen
 
I have limited experience, but when I glued my cushions last week, the contact cement was pliable enough to manipulate positioning without much problem.

I used Barge(tm) cement for most of them, with a 10 minute setting time before putting the cushions on. I then ran out of Barge, and had to do the final rail using a locktite adhesive (unable to find any more Barge). The locktite instructions called for a 5 minute set time, but this did not have enough grab, so I did more like 7 minutes. The locktite was also slower to cure, but once it did, it seem quite firm. With either one, you have some "wiggle room" to get them set where you want them.

The best way to put the cushions on is to work left to right, using left hand to position cushion on rail, while right hand holds the rest of the cushion up and away from the rail. I put my rails in a workmate vice while putting the cushions on. After about 15-20 minutes moved tham to a table for 24 hours dry time.

If you use Barge, get three tubes.
 
I am left handed.

So maybe you want to align the cushion with the right hand. Point is, I think it works best if just a little cushion is placed on the rail at a time, rather than trying to put it on in one piece, and then straighten it up.
 
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