archtopman Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I broke off a piece of my new sitka top. After i'd shaped bothe the outside and insides, and the f-hole were cut and the x-brace glued. the break is on the cut away side, form the outside point of the f-hole stright up. then from the lower f-hole straight down. the break is in 1 piece and very clean. can i use CA glue, to glue the top back together, then glue the top on and continue as normal (well as normal as i can be). or did i just make some expensive firewood....;o( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 You didn't make firewood, but I wouldn't use CA glue. That'll soak into the grain of the top, and look funky under any finish you apply, and most likely produce a fairly visible glueline. You can use titebond to fix it, or better yet, hot hide glue, which is likely to produce the least visible glue line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 I broke off a piece of my new sitka top. After i'd shaped bothe the outside and insides, and the f-hole were cut and the x-brace glued. the break is on the cut away side, form the outside point of the f-hole stright up. then from the lower f-hole straight down. the break is in 1 piece and very clean. can i use CA glue, to glue the top back together, then glue the top on and continue as normal (well as normal as i can be). or did i just make some expensive firewood....;o( i've never felt real comfortable using ca glue on wood..maybe just because i haven't tried it much but i'd get a good quality wood glue..titebond or the like..and try it that way. to me ca seems to dry brittle and wood glue is, after all, made to glue wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Hot hide glue maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archtopman Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 tyvm for all you input. i'll go and get some hide glue and try that. thx again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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