Mark Melville Melville's Mandolins
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Glue
“Techwood” bridge and sitka top. What would you guys use for glue?
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I like hide glue for bridges, but only if it’s mixed from scratch. It’s a pain, but it’s the most future proofed option for rework. If it’s an inexpensive guitar just getting it up and running again on a budget, can’t beat old Titebond.
Question, did the glue joint fail on this one or did the runout fail ? It’s very clean.
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It is an inexpensive guitar and they glued the bridge onto the finish around the edges. See below before I cleaned it up. I ended up using titebond. I’m inexperienced with hide glue. The bridge popped off with a knife without even heating it up. Even though it was glued to the finish I’m surprised at how easy it came off.
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Does anyone use the Mohawk brand lacquer based spray toners?
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I had access to them when I worked at Gruhns, but didn’t know enough to really use them effectively. I think they have their place for sure. What are you thinking about using them for ?
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Apparently there are pigment based vs dye based. I was thinking about using them to fine tune my sunburst finishes on mandolins and repair/color match on guitar finish repairs. I saw a bunch of cans of them for sale on FBMP for cheap and got me thinking about it.
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Under the Archive tab I’m getting a 404 ERROR. NO PAGE EXISTS WITH THAT URL. Can anyone tell me what’s up?
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I’m getting the same – no access top articles or videos etc
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I had the same problem in the archives about 2 hours ago. Seems to be working now.
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