Filling Spalted Maple

[dr.funk]

What process do you guys go thru to seal spalted maple? I have heard of super glue, but wouldn't cloud up?

[GregP]

I don't have a link to a gallery, but forum member Drak used CA rather successfully and with no clouding that I could see.

[CrazyManAndy]

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...st&p=289509

CMA

[westhemann]

Super glue does not cloud up.

[Mattia]

Super glue does not cloud up.

It doesn't have to, but it sure as hell will if accelerated and/or brought into contact with water (which also kicks the reaction into high gear). Ditto if you try sanding it/messing with it before it's dried quickly, and CA takes several hours to do so if you're flooding things.

In other words: it's up to user skill.

[dr.funk]

gotcha, thanks.

[westhemann]

I have never seen any clouding that did not go away upon clear coating.But I always keep it pretty thin.

If you touch it before it sets,it makes a white mark...but like I mentioned,it goes away upon clearcoating.

[Drak]

The clouding, for all intents and purposes, is exactly like blushing in lacquer.

As Mattia already pointed out, it is moisture trapped in the glue as it dries, moisture that did not escape.

If I'm CA'ing a top, I try to do it in excellent outdoor weather, hot and dry yields the very best results.

[marksound]

The clouding, for all intents and purposes, is exactly like blushing in lacquer.

As Mattia already pointed out, it is moisture trapped in the glue as it dries, moisture that did not escape.

If I'm CA'ing a top, I try to do it in excellent outdoor weather, hot and dry yields the very best results.

The Prodigal returns! I was just talking about you on another forum.