hammers: what type of plastic?

[GetWithTheTines]

Does anyone know what type of plastic the post-1975 hammers are made of? I'm looking to see if I can find a better adhesive than super glue (cyanoacrylate) for the hammer tips. I don't really like working with super glue and although the 3M 8001 works great for the wood hammers, I have a feeling the factory stopped using it when they switched to plastic hammers. I called 3M to see what they suggested and they said they needed to know what type of plastic the hammers are made of.

[Fred]

According to the late '70's repair manual, Cycolac. Originally, Fender-Rhodes used weatherstrip adhesive on tips glued to the 1/2 wood hammers. They switched to cyanoacrylate when the "all plastic" hammer went into production...

[sean]

Cycolac is a brand name for ABS... Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylonitrile_butadiene_styrene

[GetWithTheTines]

Thanks. I contacted 3M and they said they didn't know of a better product to use. So... I guess I'll stick with the 3M 8001 weatherstripping adhesive for the hybrid hammers and cyanoacrylate for the plastic ones. Although, I saw a YouTube video where Chris from VV was using cyanoacrylate on hybrid hammers. I wonder if there's a reason why he doesn't use the weatherstripping adhesive.