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| Author: | violinvic [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Maple filler. |
Does anyone know of a good filler to match Maple? I have a small gap between the purfling and maple that I would like to fill. Thanx, Vic. |
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| Author: | Ti-Roux [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Maple filler. |
Hard to fill a gap and make it look white or maple-ish. Maple dust with glue will turn black or something like that, not really clean. Fill with something transparent like epoxy or gel CA will do the same... You should try to close that gap, if possible. Do you have a picture of that? |
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| Author: | violinvic [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Maple filler. |
There is no closing it up. It is on a fiddle. Thanx, Vic. |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Maple filler. |
You'd be better off trying to splice a sliver of Maple in the gap. |
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| Author: | Jim Watts [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Maple filler. |
WaddyThomson wrote: You'd be better off trying to splice a sliver of Maple in the gap. Totally agree, way better. |
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| Author: | fric [ Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Maple filler. |
ha, for the future build you have to know that maple will not forgive you any mistake |
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| Author: | Mike Lindstrom [ Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Maple filler. |
violinvic wrote: There is no closing it up. It is on a fiddle. Thanx, Vic. Can you say more about that? Mike |
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| Author: | Dave Stewart [ Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Maple filler. |
Mike Lindstrom wrote: violinvic wrote: There is no closing it up. It is on a fiddle. Thanx, Vic. Can you say more about that? Mike Violin purfling is inset (from the edge) into a channel..... methinks the channel got a bit too wide for the purfling somewhere. The purfling is usually mashed in with HHG, which does a lot of gap filling by itself. |
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