As these newish chemical things role off the shelf, the most important question is what does time do to it. I've sprayed nitro for over 40 years on about 700 new instruments and more than a thousand instruments if I include my repair days too. The u-tube videos, mostly from the promoter of the product, are fairly glowing. Recently I took the plunge myself and tried it on one of my own new instruments. I discovered a deep, not sanding, scratch on the tail just when I was ready to ship it to Japan. Lovely! The thicker GluBoost Fill actually worked almost seamlessly and quickly on a 30 day old cured lacquer finish. Pretty impressive. I was able to ship the instrument the next day. Today, when we were doing set-up for our Big Island Ukulele Guild Annual show, I was shown a total Glu-Boost finish. No lacquer or other finish, just Glu-Boost. It was a first attempt by the builder with GluBoost, but it was not bad. Basically it seems that a 1 day finish is possible. Compare that to the average 45 days it takes me to complete a cured nitro finish, and the time advantages are obvious. I don't see myself using this on my better guitars and ukes, but I also build lap steels which scream for a less highly sophisticated and time consuming finish. So, just curious. Any negative experiences with Glu-Boost? I'm talking about the thick and thin Fill n' Finish products. The other stuff seems more like just expensive super glue to me, but the Fill n'Finish is definitely something different. For one, none of those eye stinging fumes, which is nice.
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