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Mesophilic:
Anyone have experience gluing ivory?  (From an old piano's keys)

The bow I'm working with doesn't have a shelf or arrow pass.  I was able to wet form the ivory to the curves on the handle by clamping to the bow and letting it dry.  Took it off the bow and let it dry further.  Sat in its spot nice and flush.

I epoxied it on this afternoon and just used 2 spring clamps to keep it from moving.

The edges curled up and pulled away from the bow and I had to chip it all off.  Not sure if the epoxy chemically reacted but it's my first guess.

Any tips for this stuff?  Different glue?  Try to inlay it?

dylanholderman:
no experience but at a guess a would say either inlay and glue with CA or use hide glue.
if the piano is old enough to have real ivory then it was probably glued with hide glue in the first place.

Mesophilic:
Thanks, I think I'll give the inlay a try.

chamookman:
Might want to lightly sand both surfaces also. Just a thought - Bob.

Eric Krewson:
I inlet strike plates and glue them in with superglue then sand them flush. I have never used ivory but have seen ivory inlays on early B/P guns.

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