Superglue drip filling

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simso
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Superglue drip filling

Post by simso » Sun Mar 25, 2018 5:59 pm

I fly out to Sydney Tuesday night, so rushing last jobs through on the weekend.

This Taylor we repaired the top using the superglue method.

http://www.mirwa.com.au/HTS_Superglue_Drip_Fill.html
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Steve
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Do your own repairs - http://www.mirwa.com.au/How_to_Series.html

Fisherman
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Re: Superglue drip filling

Post by Fisherman » Mon Mar 26, 2018 1:57 pm

Nice one, Steve. I assume u have to be pretty careful to not sand through the finish, with the risk of superglue staining the spruce?

For repairing a ding in a french polished soundboard what would you recommend? I recently had to do some minor repairs to a FP top so steamed a ding first and then repolished - it ended up reasonably successful but not perfect. Is there a better way?

simso
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Re: Superglue drip filling

Post by simso » Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:15 pm

Yes you are correct, its so hard to remove the bulk of the damage without cracking into the sealer coat.

Mmm french polish, it sounds like you did exactly as I would have done, steamed the wood, lightly scuffed and then polished again, you have no ability to fill on those jobs as the french polishing is so thin. By the sounds of it, I do not think I could have done it any better myself.

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Steve
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Do your own repairs - http://www.mirwa.com.au/How_to_Series.html

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Re: Superglue drip filling

Post by Fisherman » Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:23 pm

Thx Steve. I have been researching more and Robbie O’Brien has a video where he uses aqua clear to fix indents in the FP soundboard. I might have another go using the method he demonstrates and hopefully get it perfect.

Thanks for all these great walk throughs..

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