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Very hard to tell. If I had to guess I'd say the one on the right you moved down a tiny bit. But it's hard to tell for sure.

That's the great thing about ivoroid. You can make joints seamless. When I do butt joints with it I take a spare piece of binding cutoff soak the last inch of it in some acetone then use the soft part and scrape a bit of it off and into the joint. When it melds and hardens it makes for a near invisible seam.

Author:	Terence Kennedy [ Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:56 pm ]
Post subject:	Repairing Ivoroid
I drilled a marker dot hole a little off center at the 12th on an Ivoroid bound fretboard and thought I was screwed. I cut a little tapered plug out of the same material, lined up the stripes and pounded it into place. Sanded over so the dust filled the voids and put a drop of acetone on it. Next day I sanded smooth and re-drilled the hole and the repair is pretty much invisible. Just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else runs into the same problem. Can you tell which one it was?

Author:	Pat Foster [ Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:22 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Repairing Ivoroid
Nope! Nice job, Terence. Pat

Author:	Pat Foster [ Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:23 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Repairing Ivoroid
Nope! Nice job, Terence. Pat

Author:	John Mayes [ Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:05 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Repairing Ivoroid
Very hard to tell. If I had to guess I'd say the one on the right you moved down a tiny bit. But it's hard to tell for sure. That's the great thing about ivoroid. You can make joints seamless. When I do butt joints with it I take a spare piece of binding cutoff soak the last inch of it in some acetone then use the soft part and scrape a bit of it off and into the joint. When it melds and hardens it makes for a near invisible seam.

Author:	Haans [ Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:28 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Repairing Ivoroid

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Author:	Terence Kennedy [ Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:38 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Repairing Ivoroid
John Mayes wrote: Very hard to tell. If I had to guess I'd say the one on the right you moved down a tiny bit. But it's hard to tell for sure. That's the great thing about ivoroid. You can make joints seamless. When I do butt joints with it I take a spare piece of binding cutoff soak the last inch of it in some acetone then use the soft part and scrape a bit of it off and into the joint. When it melds and hardens it makes for a near invisible seam. That's right John. I moved it down about 1mm. If you know right where to look you can see it but I don't think anyone would ever notice it if they didn't know. I was really careful to keep everything very clean when I was doing it and over drilled the 1/16" hole to 5/64". I've done what you do on binding joints but this seemed different. I did not expect it to work as well as it did. Thanks Terry

Author:	woody b [ Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:58 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Repairing Ivoroid
I can't see it, even after knowing where the repair is. Great job. The purfling looks good too.

Author:	SteveSmith [ Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:45 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Repairing Ivoroid
I can see it there on the right but barely. I don't think anyone would see it if they weren't looking for it. And didn't know what to look for based on personal experience

Author:	John Mayes [ Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:23 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Repairing Ivoroid
yeah I wouldn't not have noticed unless you would have mentioned it. Even then i was squinting. Good repair! We all make mistakes, it's knowing how to fix/avoid those mistakes that come with experience.

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