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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 4:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Inlay Help On Guitar |
My uncle has a guitar that has a broken piece of abolone ... suggestion on how to fix ? Attachment: Dexter Epiphone.jpg
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| Author: | Haans [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 5:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inlay Help On Guitar |
I'd leave it. If you absolutely can't help yourself, I hope you have a dremel router. Set it to the depth, start routing (wear mask). Get out your jeweler's saw and cut a new piece, slightly oversize and disc sand to fit (wear mask). Glue in with epoxy and rosewood dust. Flush out with various files and sand crossgrain till you have gone through the grits. Polish with 0000 steel wool. Good luck. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inlay Help On Guitar |
Uncle says,when he is playing the calluses on his fingers catch on it |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 11:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inlay Help On Guitar |
Super glue fill. Level. Buff. |
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| Author: | rlrhett [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inlay Help On Guitar |
Chris is right. Fixing it is really a delicate job. Filling it with CA or epoxy so it does not catch on his fingers is relatively straight forward. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Imbler [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 2:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inlay Help On Guitar |
I wonder if filling the gap with shell dust, then doing the superglue and leveling would look better than having the wood show through. It wouldn't be a match, but might look better. Of course, then you would ask how to get the shell dust! Mike |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 4:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inlay Help On Guitar |
Imbler wrote: I wonder if filling the gap with shell dust, then doing the superglue and leveling would look better than having the wood show through. It wouldn't be a match, but might look better. Of course, then you would ask how to get the shell dust! Mike I was trying to decide what could be used as a filler myself . Havent come up with a good choice . |
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| Author: | B. Howard [ Thu Aug 13, 2015 6:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inlay Help On Guitar |
White pearl powder like you add to lacquer for custom paint can work with CA as a filler. It won't match either but doesn't look too awful. Craft stores usually have small vials of pearls. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inlay Help On Guitar |
B. Howard wrote: White pearl powder like you add to lacquer for custom paint can work with CA as a filler. It won't match either but doesn't look too awful. Craft stores usually have small vials of pearls. Dexter is going to give this a shot .. Thanx Brian |
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