shimmy Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 Hi I did put a post on accoustic forum, but I guess all guitars have fret slots Basically I have a Uke with 3 frets that have been put in very slightly crooked... Im looking to fill these 3 slots and re cut them straight..the idea of using vineer to fill them has been suggested to me but because I am only replacing 3 frets, I wanted to do as least amount of sanding as possible because the fretboard has been stained and sprayed with nitrocellulose... I was hoping to tape up the fretslots individually and use some form of epoxy perhaps mixed with some fine dust to fill them and wipe it flush with the fretboard.. Someone did suggeset using arelidite.....Basically to get the fret straight Ill be using half the original fret slot so the filler has to be really strong,, Any help would be very appreciated.. Thanks Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanb Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 You can use a mixture of glue (wood, ca, epoxy) and sawdust. But are you sure the slots are crooked or is it just the fretwire? The wire can be put into a straight slot crooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimmy Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Yea its definately the fret slot that has been cut crooked.... I plan on mixing some fine similar colored dust as the fretboard to the areldite and using that...the slots arent very deep so it should work ok.. Thanks Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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