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Hi guys,
I need to bend these bindings but I'm a little worried about them bleeding into the white purfling glued on!Can anyone give me the steps to take to avoid this? I have never bent bloodwood,I have a Fox style bender with blanket.TIA............

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Dry bend as in ad no added moisture. bend at 275-300 take your time but pay attention to the smell as not to scorch. I have never had issues with any wood bleeding when bending. but if it bleeds a small amout you should be able to scrape back to clean purfling lines with no issue. Just be sure to channel .005 shallow to allow for scraping.

Dave...I bent the bindings that The Zootman carries. They have a B/W purfling on the bottom.

I wrapped them in craft paper and very lightly spritzed the outside of the wrap and bent them at 275*F. I had no bleed into the white purfling. They took shape in the Fox bender quite easily.

More importantly for me, the sanding operation required some care to remove the red dust from the white surface...I scraped the white line after final sanding and before finishing. Once they're clean, apply a few coats of shellac to keep them clean.

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JJ
Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

I tried bending some bloodwood bindings on a hot pipe bender, and the wood seemed to be resistant to bending. I gave up and switched to a different type of wood for that guitar.

Thanks guys,
JJ- I have the same bindings from Zootman.They're very nice!   

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

I bent bloodwoood bindings with WBW purfling glued on with no problem.... you have to worry after, when finishing. Thats when you can see some major bleeding. I lightly seal them with shellac before finishing to make sure.

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

I use bloodwood for binding material on a fairly regular basis. I cut my own bindings, and have found that one has to be very careful about grain evenness and orientation, or else it tends to splinter. Unlike MichaelP, I wet my bloodwood fairly thoroughly before bending, but I bend at about the same temps -- usually 280F. I've had no problems with the bloodwood's color transferring to the purfling I use, which is usually white.

Best,

Michael

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Thanks Peter and Michael.Now I just have to decide which way to go.Wet or dry or semi dry or semi-wet ! There are a lot of ways that work!

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755