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 Post subject: best glue for celluloid
PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 4:42 pm 
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I am doing some restoration work and was wondering what the best glue would be to use to replace some bindings on a 50's guitar? I am using new celluloid if that matters. Thanks in advance.

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I've had good luck with the stuff from Stewmac. Can't remember the name, red tube, black letters...

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Duco cement, used it replacing some binding on a vintage banjo.
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klooker wrote:
I've had good luck with the stuff from Stewmac. Can't remember the name, red tube, black letters...

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Weld-on? I 've used it, but I prefer Duco.

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I recently read an article that said the best glue for celluloid to wood is celluloid scraps dissolved in a little acetone to the consistency of white glue.
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Duco cement, used it replacing some binding on a vintage banjo.


Yup. Duco.
Used to be in a green tube.

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Thanks, I was planning on duco, buy then I got a e mail from stew Mac the other day and in the video Dan Erlewine was doing a similar job and did it with thinned and warmed liquid hide. That got me to wondering.

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I think in the old days they used just acetone as it melted in the wood. All glues mentioned work find what you like.
put me down for duco.

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A tip for miters, if you have any: Cut them really tight, tape them up dry, and "inject" acetone into the joint with a pipette. As with the melted binding goo glue method, this will weld the miter shut, for a clean, homogeneous look. It also avoids dye seeping into the joint, if you are going to add any, which will happen unless the joint is solid. Its a good way to ruin an otherwise nice looking joint.

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