Hello Francis and Paul
David B uses shellac on his silver mounted sets.
As Paul's set is made from lignum it won't be a Burleigh set. So
shellac seems to make sense in this case.
When it comes to pad fixing Mike Nelson's method of using a small piece
of flake shellac between pad and key in situ on the chanter and then
gentle pressing a hot soldering iron on the key until the molten
shellac reaches the edges of the key (easily observed) seems to work
well. It also heat forms the pad to seal nicely with any minor
irregularities in the chanter seating.
Anthony
--- On Sat, 15/1/11, Francis Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Francis Wood <[email protected]>
Subject: [NSP] Re: Shellac
To: "Paul Scott" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, 15 January, 2011, 12:39
Paul, this largely depends on what the pipe-maker has used in the first
place.
Shellac would be an appropriate material for antique pipes, fulfilling
two functions, both as an adhesive and a gap-filler. In this case the
material would be solid shellac rather than in solution which will
obviously change in volume through evaporation.
Most NSPs on this planet are made by David Burleigh, his total being
well in excess of 3000 sets. His preferred adhesive is UHU and that's
what I would recommend if you own one of those.
Francis
On 15 Jan 2011, at 11:56, Paul Scott wrote:
> After having fixed a leaky tuning bead fitting I have to replace the
brass ferrule and end stopper. Am I correct that shellac is the best
solution? I know that there are plenty of other adhesives but would
Shellac in alcohol be the stuff I am looking for? It us advertised as
sanding sealer and says on the label that it is pure shellac and
alcohol. They are lignum drones.
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