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Author:  Would [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:12 am ]
Post subject:  Cleaning plastic binding

Just out of curiosity what do you guys use to clean your plastic binding assuming you have used plastic bindings? I am about to start final sanding before finishing the guitar and the plastic bindings get kind of browned up by sanding over then along with the rosewood..

Author:  Eric Hoffer [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

I am no expert but I just built one with plastic binding and used Naptha to clean. Worked great.

Author:  David LaPlante [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

When you are done sanding these are scraped clean. There are a number of things you can use but I would recommend something with a stiff blade to prevent chatter. A small carvng knife used as a scraper will work or utility knife blade etc.

Author:  Haans [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

The tool...

Image

I usually spray a coat of vinyl before scraping to keep dye, filler residue, etc. off the freshly scraped binding.

Author:  David LaPlante [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

Excellent photo....!...note how he is using his thumbnail as a "stop" to keep the blade only on the plastic.
I find doing this and drawing the blade toward me gives the most control.

Author:  Would [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

Thanks a lot guys I will use a razor then..

Author:  Fred Tellier [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

When I visited Gibson a few years back they were using glass Microscope slides to scrape bindings.

Fred

Author:  Colin North [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

I believe broken glass in some form was used in "days of yore" by woodworkers as a scraper.
Prabably someone somewhere still using that as a method?

Author:  WudWerkr [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

Colin North wrote:
I believe broken glass in some form was used in "days of yore" by woodworkers as a scraper.
Prabably someone somewhere still using that as a method?



Ahh yes the " days of Yore " I went to college then , we used broken glass for alot of stuff , course we drank all the beer before we broke the glass . laughing6-hehe

Author:  Would [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

WudWerkr wrote:
Colin North wrote:
I believe broken glass in some form was used in "days of yore" by woodworkers as a scraper.
Prabably someone somewhere still using that as a method?



Ahh yes the " days of Yore " I went to college then , we used broken glass for alot of stuff , course we drank all the beer before we broke the glass . laughing6-hehe


lol!

Author:  Bob Shanklin [ Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

I have a good friend who only uses broken window glass as a scrapper. He has been doing this for 40 years with excellent results, and has won over many converts.

Bob

Author:  theguitarwhisperer [ Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

When I went to the Gibson Custom shop 4 years ago they were using metal scrapers that they sharpened themselves to scrape the binding. The lady I spoke to who was doing it was 60 years old and said she'd been doing it the longest. She had a stash of metal strips and a sharpening stone. She scraped all the binding perfectly on a Les Paul right in front of me in about a minute and a half. She didn't even stop once she started scraping, all the way around the guitar.
I was fascinated, never having seen it done before or had it explained to me how it was done either.

Author:  TonyKarol [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning plastic binding

I used to use a frsh cut piece of glass to scraoe the finish for gluing a bridge ... then I saw Serge de JOnge use a chisel and I used that method for a couple years .. now I route it off with a mini die grinder and 1/8 inch bit .....

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