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| Author: | Alexandru Marian [ Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Which glue for MOP? |
I am going to add a MOP plate to the tie block of a classical guitar bridge. On previous builds I glued bone strips using super glue and it went great. Wondering if CA will work fine this time too, or if I should try my regular fish, or hide glue? Thanks! |
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| Author: | Bob Garrish [ Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which glue for MOP? |
Hide will bond MOP to wood, and so will fish (though it can have issues drying with a non-porous surface on one side). CA bonds shell more reliably and it's harder to screw up. All of them work, though, assuming you leave a lot of time for the fish glue to dry. |
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| Author: | Alexandru Marian [ Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which glue for MOP? |
Thanks Bob. I might use fish - after all, before modern glue, MOP and bone were glued with HHG only... I clamp fish glue for 12 hours (even if it is mostly cured in just a couple when the pieces fit perfectly). Btw this joint is not stressed - actually the string ties clamp the joint tight. |
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| Author: | bluescreek [ Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which glue for MOP? |
I use white glue for the rosette on spruce if I use pearl. I use CA or Epoxy on the fretboard. While I am sure Hide glue will work , CA and Epoxy lends itself to color so the glue works are a filler to make the inlay clean to the eye. |
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| Author: | Chris Paulick [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which glue for MOP? |
CA |
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| Author: | Dave Fifield [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which glue for MOP? |
+1 for super |
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| Author: | TonyFrancis [ Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which glue for MOP? |
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| Author: | Alexandru Marian [ Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which glue for MOP? |
Thanks everyone. I glued it a couple days ago with CA. I was shocked by how fast it grabbed. Shortly, I put it there and the next moment it was rock solid, luckily I placed it at 95% of the correct spot and only had to do some minimal filing to correct the alignment. 
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| Author: | Chris Paulick [ Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which glue for MOP? |
Med. CA may give you a little more open time if needed and clean up with some acetone dampen rag. Always a good idea to have some acetone or bottle of nail polish remover around when working with CA. Just in case your finger get glued to the shell too. 
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