slappy Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 I don't know where to put this, so I'll try it here. Yesterday, I did some inlay on an ebony fretboard and then used some ebony sawdust and CA glue to fill in some small gaps; worked great. But today I did the exact same thing but on a rosewood fretboard and with rosewood saw dust. Wow. I added the glue to the saw dust and it IMMEDIATELY hardened, began bubbling and smoking quite violently and created an extrordinary amount of heat, So much heat that it almost melted through the plastic conatiner I was using. What happened here? At first I thought it might be the glue reacting with the plastic container or something, but it was the exact same type of container that I used with the ebony saw dust. Do they treat rosewood with something volatile? What gives with rosewood dust and CA glue? The fretboard was from stewmac, if that helps. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Some one posted a similar remark a while ago, I think that most people decided that it was moisture still on the wood... but never got a clear response on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 why are you mixing it in a container anyway? Just put the dust in the gaps, and add glue. It will seep down (use the thin stuff) and glue the inlay at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 rosewood is a natural accelerator of CA. I think is the oil on the wood. answer quickly, what is one of the things that gets glued instantly when using CA? your fingers! fingers packed with oils. lol instant reaction. very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Hrm, sounds like the reaction CA glue has with cotton. Never had it happen with rosewood dust before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubber314chicken Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 ca is accelerated by moisture. so the rosewood was probably still pretty wet, as Maiden said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postal Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 (edited) I've done this many times. Rhoads56 is right. Put the dust directly where you need it and drop thin CA on it. I put it in place with a razor blade, and use the flat side of the blade to "pack it down" where I want it- Try to only get the dust where it's needed- When you drop thin CA on it, itt will harden instantly. scrape it with a razorblade, and sand it down. It will fill perfectly and is undetectable. -------edit----- You should be doing it the same way with ebony- Edited July 27, 2007 by postal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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