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Originally Posted by L20A
I tried to reglue the binding on one of my guitars and it was a disaster.
I used superglue like was suggested but too much squirted out and got on the top of my guitar.
When I tried to wipe off the excess, the finish on the guitar came off.
Moral of the story,
If you don't know what you are doing, don't do it yourself.
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Yeah, I asked my luthier friend what he uses and he told me fish glue. He told me Superglue eats the finish so I knew not to try that. I masked the front and side with corrugated cardboard and left the binding exposed, heated it with a hair dryer and then pushed it back in place when it got soft, holding it in place until it cooled. Then I injected the fish glue under the binding with a syringe, using an Exacto knife to work it into the gap and spread it around, then clamped it for 12 hours, wiping off excess glue with a wet rag. Came out perfect, you can't even tell anything was done. I read one luthier's instructions to stretch the binding outwards while heating but I deemed this risky and un-necessary.