Glue Solution

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gato

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Joined: Jun. 9 2007

Glue Solution

I found a great way to repair wear on the guitar face and save a perfectly fine guitar from wearing a complete hole in it. A friend a Luthier at a local guitar shop answered such the question by saying that 'putting Elmer's glue or any white water soluable wood glue on it will do the trick, to repair a trouble spot on the guitar.' He also said that 'if I want to have inlay done on it it can be safely removed with water, and that since most guitars stay fairly dry it won't come off, and if it does get wet it can be easily re applied.'

Since I own a guitar with a balsa wood face, the wear came rather quickly and I fixed it with the glue and then stuck a golepador on it. Balsa wood guitars are prized for their volume of sound, and sweet tone. Since then I have fixed it a couple of times as I did today. Yet, you must wait until the guitar face get's rather ragged or even cracked until you reface the guitar, and I would have to say that saving that guitar was really great, and it will play for years to come.

The glue may look strange but, it is a tested and proven way to save a guitar and keep it playing for as long as possible. Sometimes you must re apply the glue in layers to get enough on it to really protect it while you must also wear enough a hole on the face of the guitar to really get a good hold on the glue.
Wipe the excess off of the sourrounding area of the injury and then clean off the other excess after the glue is totally dry. Remember to lay the guitar flat on it's back while making application with the glue and while drying in order to keep the glue from running out of the injury.

Perhaps it's not the prettyest sight in the world, but it's better than getting rid of such a beautiful sounding guitar, and saving it so I can keep it while properly earning a reface job.

If you try this, or want to fix a problem wound on a guitar, maybe you should consider this before you put permanent glue as it is the best over all as it is both plausably a permanent repair solution while also quite temporary if you should have some work done with inlay.

Keep the technique coming, keep the guitar, and possibly save a guitar you were going to get rid of, or maybe tell me what you think. I have said mostly all that I should say but I thought I should say it as it may be just the solution you were looking for.
Gary
Keep in mind that the glue dries hard but is sensitive to wetness, so take care when cleaning the face of the guitar.....and also please remember, not to take a blowdryer to the guitar as that will damage it.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 15 2009 16:50:47

a_arnold

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Joined: Jul. 30 2006

RE: Glue Solution (in reply to gato)

quote:

Since I own a guitar with a balsa wood face,

BALSA WOOD?!? Please, tell more. Is this a flamenco guitar? How thick is the top? Is it fragile? Who made it?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 29 2009 18:09:29

gato

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Joined: Jun. 9 2007

RE: Glue Solution (in reply to a_arnold)

Yes, it's balsa wood and the face of the guitar is very fragile. But the sound is very loud as with classical guitars the softer the wood the louder and more fuller the sound. It's made by Takamine, and it was a gift to me by my brother Jim, who thought I shouldn't be without a guitar since I fell in the dark and landed on my other which was also a soft wood face guitar. I love the wonderful sound and I refuse to part with it. I have since then bought a guitar stand and installed a night light.

The face of the guitar is balsa and it's thick and nice and hard since the way that you cure the wood gives it it's desired hardness, not to be confused with balsa wood for crafts work. The rest of the guitar is more or less hardwood. So in that sense it holds together fine. I am able to golpe the hell out of it!

But it has a tendency to gouge and that has plagued the guitar, but you might as well know gauging the face of a guitar gives it a paticular tone all of it's own. So the guitar sounds like none other. Yes it is a classical. No it's not a flamenco guitar, but I prefer the neck of a classical and the tone as well, so that's what I tend to play. The wider fret board allows for me to play the chord making technique known as Segovia. I have more room to do what I want, and flamenco guitars don't afford me the freedom that I prefer for the size of the fret board. Otherwise the size of the rest of the neck is smooth and rather a much smaller back than most classical guitars.

The guitar is very beautiful and I fear that I should loose it, so I am trying to locate another just like it.
Gary

I play what I like to play......

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 29 2009 23:13:08