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06-21-2018, 05:56 AM
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Best way to stabilize a crack?
I have a spruce top dulcimer that has a crack running up from the bottom f hole. there is no gap at all. I am thinking thin CA to stabilize it. What is the best way to run CA into the crack without making a mess?
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06-21-2018, 06:13 AM
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Use carpenters glue. Massage fully into the crack. Wipe with a slightly dampened cotton ball when dry. Then you won't make a mess. CA glue makes a mess that is challenging to clean, and is best to remove by scraping. Scraping, while simple, takes great skill to avoid removing original finish.
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06-21-2018, 06:48 AM
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Thanks This is a really tight crack, wonder if I should thin the yellow glue to let it get into the crack?
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06-21-2018, 08:02 AM
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06-21-2018, 02:41 PM
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It's probably a good idea to use distilled water but in the almost 30 years I've been doing this I never have. But yeah Titebond can be thinned to 10% and even less then that is often good enough to get in cracks.
You can use whip tips and special wicking toothpicks to use CA and not make a mess and it's not terrible to clean up either and sometimes you need to even finish drop fill around a crack so CA is good. But generally I think HHG is best but in a very close second place is Titebond, it works great.
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06-21-2018, 06:01 PM
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I love hide glue, many times if I have to cleat something, I will simply use hand pressure for about 2 minutes and then let go and not disturb the instrument.
I have instruments I repaired 20 yrs ago with the cleats still holding, that is a testimony to the glue - not me  .Steve
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06-21-2018, 06:39 PM
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06-21-2018, 10:38 PM
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Sometimes, I will make a plastic caul fitted with magnets, masking tape it in place, when I reach up into the guitar it takes the others exactly where i need them to be.
 
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Cole Clark Fat Lady Gretsch Electromatic Martin CEO7 Maton Messiah Taylor 814CE Last edited by mirwa; 06-21-2018 at 10:56 PM.
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