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What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?

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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2010-06-24 7:08 PM (#369255)
Subject: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
Same photo only bigger.

As you can see, the binding is coming off of my 'new' Legend.
The binding isn't totally falling off, but I imagine that I will have to pull it off to put it back on. :eek: :(
Plus I need to fix the battery box.
OH! I was so distracted that I forgot to just take some beauty shots of it! (hold on a moment...)



With a little bit of work, this will be a nice guitar. And my only SSB.

So... What kind of glue should I use? :cool:
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RNickels
Posted 2010-06-24 8:48 PM (#369256 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?


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Location: Bellevue, Washington		I'm currently working on putting new binding on the 87c, StewMac recommended Weld-On #16 Cement. This stuff reminds me of model car cement used for those little plastic models, same consistency and smell too!

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bindings,_trim/Tools_and_supplies_for_b...
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ksdaddy
Posted 2010-06-24 9:01 PM (#369257 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?


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Location: Caribou, ME		I use Duco cement. Cheap and available. I think it's similar to the stuff Stew Mac recommends. I think I used that once and it was fine, I just continued to use Duco because it was available downtown cheap.

For years I hated Duco cement because I never had much luck with it... what a p___ poor glue, I thought! But everything has it's place.

It works great on 'new' builds because it melts and swells the binding just a tiny bit, helping to fill any little voids from dremel tool boo boos. It works great when grafting in a piece of missing binding to; it melts them together a little.





Warning though, wait a day before doing any scraping (until the binding shrinks back to normal).
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2010-06-24 9:01 PM (#369258 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		Yeah... I know that I don't wanna use Crazy Glue.
I want something that I can move around while getting it right.
Also, I don't want something that will immediately bond if I spill some on my guitar.

Of course, I have crazy glue. And wood glue. And epoxy glue. But I never have what I need.
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71Jasper
Posted 2010-06-25 4:30 AM (#369259 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?


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Crazy. I've always used crazy glue on this problem because I'm too impatient to wait for anything else to set up.
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twistedlim
Posted 2010-06-25 6:58 AM (#369260 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?


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Location: Michigan		I used a 2 part expoy. It is still holding a year and a half later.
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Trader Jim
Posted 2010-06-25 7:44 AM (#369261 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?


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Location: South of most, North of few		Arthur, I would have thought you would have plenty of crazy...oh yeah...glue too :D
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MWoody
Posted 2010-06-25 11:19 AM (#369262 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?



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Location: Upper Left USA		Hey, Art don't like the term Crazy. He prefers the phase "Perspectively Challenged".
Or my favorite "Interpretationally Open".

Duco and the Stewmac stuff if best for binding because it is the same family of Model glue with the Xylene and Toulene (melts in your mind and on your hands) and holds the plastic well. You can clean up the splatter in the first few minutes very easily and it does seep in and swell before catalizing. Wait a day and follow up with a scraper if needed.

And don't forget to ventilate! :eek:

Art - Battery box will be mailed today...
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2010-06-25 11:43 AM (#369263 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		So... If I just go to the Toy Department and get some Testor's, it's the same crap... Right?

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MWoody
Posted 2010-06-25 12:22 PM (#369264 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?



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Location: Upper Left USA		Likely so...

Nice Tee
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Trader Jim
Posted 2010-06-25 5:20 PM (#369265 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?


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Originally posted by MWoody:
Hey, Art don't like the term Crazy. He prefers the phase "Perspectively Challenged".
Or my favorite "Interpretationally Open".

:D ;) :p
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ksdaddy
Posted 2010-06-25 5:42 PM (#369266 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?


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Location: Caribou, ME		Testors might be similar but I've never used it for binding. You're going to spend a buck on Testors and it might work...or mayb not. Better to spend three bucks on Duco and remove any doubt.
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2010-06-25 6:15 PM (#369267 - in reply to #369255)
Subject: Re: What kind of glue do you use on neck bindings?



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		Okay Duco.

I have used that on models also, cuz that was what we had in the house.
Plus my folks heard about kids sniffing "Airplane Glue" and wouldn't buy it.

I think Testor's costs more that a buck now. And I might have to show ID.
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