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Old 03-25-2023, 04:28 AM
marciero marciero is offline
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This came up in a recent thread. Eventually I want to have a finish crack repaired. I've asked a couple of techs about this and there appear to be different viable approaches, including just leave it as is. The crack is near the the endpin and is a long L shaped, not typical finish crazing. Any thoughts on this? I posted pictures-or rather, linked them- in this thread
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Old 03-27-2023, 07:38 PM
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In my experience, using CA will not result in an invisible repair. An incidental finish crack is so thin that the CA, even in its thinnest iteration, will not penetrate fully.
This type of damage in shipping could be the result of a too-wide gap in the padding of the case. The gap is intended to clear the end pin, which is considered a good thing. But when the gap is as wide or wider than the tail block, an impact on the bottom of the shipping box can cause a crack at the edge of the block.
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Old 03-28-2023, 04:06 AM
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In my experience, using CA will not result in an invisible repair. An incidental finish crack is so thin that the CA, even in its thinnest iteration, will not penetrate fully.
This type of damage in shipping could be the result of a too-wide gap in the padding of the case. The gap is intended to clear the end pin, which is considered a good thing. But when the gap is as wide or wider than the tail block, an impact on the bottom of the shipping box can cause a crack at the edge of the block.
In fact I had noticed that the gap to the padding on that side is as wide as the tailblock and that was my thought too, combined with the cold weather perhaps .Or simply because the of the insulating properties of the pad, and having the contact area end right at the tailblock, combined with cold temps. On the other side of the pin the gap does not extend as far.
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