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Originally Posted by John Arnold
It is definitely the epoxy swelling. I used to do banjo inlays with standard slow cure hardware store epoxy, and the older ones all tend to have the epoxy fill sticking up above the surface. In a few cases, I have scraped and sanded them flush, only to have the swelling return after a few years.
We are talking about 30+ years of history.
I switched to using CA for fingerboard inlays around 1987, and I have never looked back.
About the only thing I use epoxy for these days is when I have to re-do a poorly repaired headstock break.
For those, I use West Systems epoxy.
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Very interesting! Thanks John!
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Ned Milburn
NSDCC Master Artisan
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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