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Very strong glue fumes in new factory guitar – toxic?
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Ramon Amira
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RE: Very strong glue fumes in new fa... (in reply to Ramon Amira)
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Okay, I had to figure out whether it was the finish or something inside. It definitely is not from the case - case closed! As reluctant as I was to do it, I had to sniff around – literally. So I sniffed the back, which would preclude getting it from the sound hole, and then I sniffed the top, at the lower bout, where there is a good expanse of wood. It seems that my original thought was correct, that it is coming from inside the guitar, because there was just a little residual smell on the finish, but it reeked from inside the sound hole. So – since there's nothing in there but wood and glue, it has to be some kind of glue. I was a woodworker in the past, and I have never seen glue that continued to smell much after it had dried, certainly not like this, so I'm at a loss, unless it's some kind of new chemical that is analogous to glue that they're using, though I can't imagine what. I'll be speaking to the manufacturer next week to see what I can find out, and I'll give a report. Meanwhile, thanks to everyone for your help and comments. Ramon
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