There was a technician who posted about using Bondic for key top gluing in the field. He applied the glue to the under side of the key tops, placed the key tops for gluing, and then cured the glue using the UV light from above the key tops-physically pressing on the key top with the light. Enough of the light is able to pass through the key top to cure the glue underneath.
The benefit of working with Bondic would be virtually unlimited work time. It will stay in liquid form until you decide to cure it. The downside is that in virtually every application in piano technology (that I can think of) the UV light is obstructed by the pieces being glued. The one exception is key top gluing. I'm sure there may be some other creative ways to use it.
I purchased Bondic a number of years ago but it eventually all leaked out of the pen and I never replaced it. I try to keep my field toolkit simple, so I try not to carry too many uni-taskers. I believe I used it successfully once or twice.
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Luke Taylor
Temple City CA
310-386-7014
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-25-2020 13:31
From: Walter Bagnall
Subject: Bondic
Has anyone used the product 'Bondic', and is there a use in piano work?
It is a relatively new adhesive technology which uses UV light to cure the glue. Supposedly very strong and easy to work with, though it might be kind of expensive on a large scale.
www.getbondic.io
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Walter Bagnall
Chillicothe Ohio
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