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I am about to bind a guitar with tortoise celluloid nitrate. I searched the archives and found a few threads on it.
I am using .070 thick for the body binding,heel cap and head veneer.

Some of the info I found said to install a white wood purfling behind it to make it stand out more-is this the general consensus?
If you do use a pufling behind it,what type ofglue do you use?
The body and neck are Honduran mahogany.
Thanks,
Brad

The tortise shell is kind of transparent so you will slightly see whatever is behind it. If you have rosewood sides and a spruce top, this two-tone effect for the top binding may look a little weird. On my last guitar, I installed a .010" layer of white plastic behind the tortise shell and it really made it pop. If you don't do this, it will look considerably more muted.

white abs plastic behind the it use Duco as the adhesive.

I use white celluloid from StewMac. It glues better than ABS. Weld On is somewhat stronger than Duco. CA works very well. But you can even use a
PVA glue if you first wipe with acetone, which seems to open up the surface for adhesion to a glue that is intended for porous surfaces..

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I only ever used it on FBs .... I put maple veneer behind it.

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Tony Karol
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Thanks for all the replies.
I am thinking of using maple or holly behind it.
So would the weldon glue work for the wood to wood joint as well as the wood to tortoise joint?

CA works the best IMHO, it will also make the joints invisible.

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