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09-16-2019, 02:36 PM
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Cracks in Binding
Is there a “best practice” way of fixing cracks in old (like 75 years old) binding? The owner of this guitar does not want to do a full re-binding, but wants the cracks stabilized. I was thinking’s of melting some plastic binding in acetone and placing some in the cracks, and leveling it out. And then brushing on some amber lacquer or shellac to get the color close.
Any thoughts are appreciated! 
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#3
09-17-2019, 01:07 PM
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It can be helpful when asking for repair advice to reveal the make and model of the guitar. That often yields information about the materials and methods used to build it, and how much repair is worth doing.
But I agree with Steve. This is over the line between patch and replace. There is also a good chance of separations between the top or back, the liners, and the sides.
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#4
09-17-2019, 10:41 PM
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The last thing I would do is put acetone (or any lacquer solvent) on old celluloid. This just seems to accelerate the shrinkage and decomposition. The cracks could be filled with acrylic or latex based filler, suitably tinted.
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#5
09-18-2019, 07:33 AM
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opinion
The picture shows a hunk of the binding separated from the body. I'm guessing there's a bunch of that going on. And what's keeping a lot of it in place is the little adhesion of big pieces. I think there's no use in trying to patch the effects of aging when the whole of the binding is trying to fall off. I think Mr. Klepper alluded to this, above.
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