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Michaeldc

Post subject: Glue selection

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:33 pm

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Can anyone help identify what glue was used on this bridge repair? Looks like hot melt to me but it could also be silicone....

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David Collins

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:37 pm

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All that and they didn't even bother to glue the bridge pins in place. Amateurs...

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Alex Kleon

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:19 pm

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Not sure if that is actually glue. Looks more like Ghost Buster's ectoplasm.

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Imbler

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:40 pm

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I can't identify the glue, but I'm truly humbled by the craftsmanship displayed in the photo.

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meddlingfool

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:41 pm

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Pfffft.

No bloody b string! Even I could do better...

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J De Rocher

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:03 am

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A very strong Darwin Award candidate. http://luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10112&t=46255

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doncaparker

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:24 am

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I recognize the drywall screws, but what are those unslotted, black-headed things?

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violinvic

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:22 am

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Epoxy??? I like the black screws that match the pickguard. Thanks for the tutorial on bridge repairs. I never would have thought of screws, bolts and epoxy.i would have kept that repair as a luthiers secret.

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jfmckenna

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:34 am

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My eyes hurt!

In all my years I've never seen one that bad.

That makes that Martin cut away look pro.

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klooker

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:11 am

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Lonnie J Barber

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:00 am

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It would have been easier to just nail it down.

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Casey Cochran

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:37 am

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Boy, the internet is scary fast. That pic popped up on my facebook newsfeed this morning.

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Tom West

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:33 pm

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Nice job............................We need a Tout for that baby.......................!!!
Tom

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Michael Lloyd

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:37 pm

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I'd say that it's a little over exaggerated and done merely for the effect. However, looks like epoxy. Drywall screws, carriage bolts, epoxy, wonder which came first.

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whiskywill

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 9:43 am

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Don't be so critical. I thought I had done a reasonable job. Everybody has to start somewhere.

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hermit

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 9:56 am

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whiskywill wrote:

Don't be so critical. I thought I had done a reasonable job. Everybody has to start somewhere.

Don't let them bug you. Once the glue wicks under the bridge just take out the screws and the repair will be virtually invisible.

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Droidiphile

Post subject: Re: Glue selection

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:11 pm

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Michael Lloyd wrote:

I'd say that it's a little over exaggerated and done merely for the effect. However, looks like epoxy. Drywall screws, carriage bolts, epoxy, wonder which came first.

The deck/drywall screw that split the bridge came first ... epoxy clearly last as it covers the whole piece of, um, art.

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