Fixing rosin cake
I have a fairly new cake of Tartini Green rosin I like very much. The cake comes attached to the base of its "hatbox" container, but has come loose. It rattles around now, and may get chipped. Is there any way to reattach it? Glue, remelting etc?
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Put it in a little box, with some cotton or batting or little foam etc.
Rosin is cheap. Who cares?
And violin strings cost more than guitar strings. You just have to suck it up.
Or you could try to glue it. But why not just pad it?
And I heard Tartini is back in production under a new name anyway.
And there are a lot of Rosins out there.
Sorry abot the rosin but i just have to say Hi.
I'm a swedish finn, i saw that you are from norway. I also started playing the violin in september 2005 so we have some things in common.
I hope you and your violin are getting along, i guess it's been a remarkable year for you. A lot of hard work and a lot of rewards.. playing the violin.
Nåja, hejdå
Christian,
I would take a butter knife (cheap one, possibly from the dollar store or an old one you can part with.) and Put it over a your stove's flame for about 10 seconds (wear oven mits). and then apply the hot knife to the bottom of the rosin really quick and quickly attatch it to the base. In a few seconds it should be solidified.
Hope that helps!
-Richard.
Mine's not only cracked but broken--has been for going on a year--just wing it, and open it carefully. You might put a little piece of cloth that can be folded to handle it in the case, but I don't even do that ?...
Weld that sucker with a butane lighter. Don't forget your eye protection.
If you are willing to reshape it yourself I'd suggest double-boiling it.
Whatever you do, don't use glue! It will eventually get on your bow =)
Daniel
lol...saw the title, Fixing Rosin Cake...sounded like a recipe for an orderve! Yuck!
Ok I had a similar problem. My tartini was broken into sub atomic particles in a suitcase on a plane. The tartini plastic base has a little ridge on it. Take some alufoil and make a 15 cm by 3 cm strip by folding it up. Curve it into a circle that fits inside the ridge of the base and tape it together.
You now put the broken rosin into a metal container of some kind and you quickly melt it on the stove and pour it into the home made mold. You now have a good as new rosin. Be careful not to burn yourself as it get quite hot.
so you can melt Rosin?
Yes Terri, You can melt rosin. I do it to my rosin all the time. I wouldn't suggest putting a really expensive one in the microwave until you get used to doing it, it can burn very easily. But a toster oven (at a low setting!) and watched carefully works well too.
I always used a lighter if the pieces were bigger. It cools back down quickly so you have to act fast. But the microwave works best.
Rub a little alcohol on the bottom, which will dissolve and make the surface tacky, and affix it to the container.
I just hot glue gunned a rosin cake back down for my daughter. Worked like a charm.
I just hot glue gunned a rosin cake back down for my daughter. Worked like a charm.
There are 2 ways that you can fix your rosin. You can wipe some rubbing alcohol on the cake. This will dissolve a bit of the rosin and make it tacky, since rosin works as a solvent. You can then stick it back on. The rosin will dissolve and it will become hard again. Also, you can soften it with a hair dryer and do the same thing
Hi, just use the alcohol technique. It's much easier than using heat and works like a champ.
My rosin got knocked onto a hardwood floor and about one-third of it cracked off. A few swipes with an alcohol soaked swab and it becomes its own glue. It's as good as new!
I had the same experience two days ago - my rosin cake got knocked onto the floor during a rehearsal, breaking cleanly into two almost equal pieces. To repair it, instead of liquid alcohol I used antibacterial hand gel which contains 62% ethanol and works the same way. Repair good as new. Alcohol-based gel possibly more convenient than liquid?
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December 8, 2006 at 08:20 PM · I hope you get some good answers. My daughter's cracked right down the middle