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Buck Owens American overlay
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Buck Owens American overlay
I have a Buck here and miraculously the overlay is 100% intact, but it needs to be glued back on. Anyone have any experience with the best adhesive for this? Super glue will definitely melt it and make a mess out of it, but I seem to remember even epoxy reportedly reacting with the material. I’m thinking either celluloid glue like Martin used to use for pickguards or possibly even trying hide. Thoughts?
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Have you tried contact cement ? I like the 3m Spray on stuff.
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I had thought of that but I don’t think it’s going to be strong enough. It’s got a pretty good upward cup. I’ve been heating it up gently and pressing it flat but I don’t think it’s going to get 100% flat, so I’m going to need something with some pretty hefty strength.
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Went with the celluloid/acetone option. It’s in satan’s hands now. Will report back.
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Celluloid glue worked perfectly. Bond seems very strong. Also zero squeeze out using this method.
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By celluloid glue do you mean the slurry method of melting celluloid into acetone ?
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Yessir. We used to have some actual Martin stuff but I just made my own by dissolving some old celluloid pg into acetone. The Martin stuff was lighted in color. I used a tortoise pg so mine is more the color of dark tea. You want it pretty thin; about like water. Brush on and let flash off in 4 directions (one direction, then 90 degrees, then 45 degrees, then 90 to that). Takes just a few seconds to flash. Then stick it together and clamp.
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Cool!
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