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wouldn't regluing after be a problem? as there might be remnants of the alcohol preventing the glue from binding properly? A Bruno A A On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:06 PM, William Samson <[1]willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: A I use alcohol - I learned the trick on a course I did in piano repair. A Very effective! A The downside is that it could hurt the finish - A especially if it's a French polish. A Ordinary methylated spirit works A just fine. A Bill A From: Herbert Ward <[2]wa...@physics.utexas.edu> A To: [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu A Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2012, 16:31 A Subject: [LUTE] Alcohol as glue breaker. A I asked a luthier how he broke the glue joint in doing A a repair. A I expected to hear a description of some A variation of wet heat. A To my surprise, he said that he used anhydrous ethyl A alcohol (eg, 190 proof Everclear liquor). A He said that the alcohol drawa all the water out of the A glue, and that perfectly dry glue has no strength and A comes apart easily. A Does anyone else use alcohol? A Why do some luthiers use A alcohol and others use wet heat? A To get on or off this list see list information at A [1][4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html A -- References A 1. [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- A Bruno Cognyl-Fournier A [6]www.estavel.org A -- References 1. mailto:willsam...@yahoo.co.uk 2. mailto:wa...@physics.utexas.edu 3. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 6. http://www.estavel.org/