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| Author: | Pmaj7 [ Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Reglue a bridge on Martin HPL top? |
I have heard that people have had limited success reglueing a bridge on a MRtin HPL top. Tips? Glue? Pat |
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| Author: | phavriluk [ Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reglue a bridge on Martin HPL top? |
If no one with experience with this repair offers an answer, I suggest giving Martin a call. A CALL not an email (otherwise known as a note in a bottle). |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reglue a bridge on Martin HPL top? |
I did one a couple years back. It was the black topped one that looked like the surface of an Ovation roundback... I used a fresh bottle of Loctite gel C/A glue to glue it back on the top. It fumes badly, so tape around the area well before clamping up. Work fast... I'll see if I can dig up my old thread about this. |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reglue a bridge on Martin HPL top? |
Here you go... viewtopic.php?f=10137&t=48813&hilit=+martin |
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| Author: | Freeman [ Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reglue a bridge on Martin HPL top? |
I also repaired one with gel CA but I told the owner that it might fail again in the future. It hasn't come back but that doesn't mean anything. |
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| Author: | Pmaj7 [ Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reglue a bridge on Martin HPL top? |
Chris Pile wrote: Chris, I can't get that link to work, but did you just use gel ca?Pat |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reglue a bridge on Martin HPL top? |
Loctite gel CA. The bottle is a pump bottle, and there is just enough glue in there to do the job. |
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| Author: | Conor_Searl [ Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reglue a bridge on Martin HPL top? |
How do you clean up CA squeeze out? |
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| Author: | phavriluk [ Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reglue a bridge on Martin HPL top? |
Mask off the top real carefully. A feature of c/a is it's on a one-way trip, no going back and fixing anything. I don't think I'd try to chemically remove squeezeout, and I sure don't want to try to chip it out. Just don't put yourself in a position to get the problem. If that's sounding too sporty, time to pay a professional. |
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| Author: | Conor_Searl [ Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reglue a bridge on Martin HPL top? |
phavriluk wrote: Mask off the top real carefully. A feature of c/a is it's on a one-way trip, no going back and fixing anything. I don't think I'd try to chemically remove squeezeout, and I sure don't want to try to chip it out. Just don't put yourself in a position to get the problem. If that's sounding too sporty, time to pay a professional. I get that. I've never tried to glue a bridge or anything like that with the gel stuff, so perhaps that would be fine, but in other applications I have had thin CA end up wicking under masking tape which was not so fun to clean up. |
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