MP63 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 I am finishing a guitar I started six years ago. I did all the gluing up already. It sat in storage and my apartment for the past six years. Now, I decided to finish it up. Route some pot cavities and get it ready to finish. I used a long neck tenon joint. The tenion joint goes almost to the bridge. Everything was pefect. No cracks nor splits. Well, the weather has become really dry, usually 20%-40%. The tenon joint has a slipt at the lower glue joint. Some of the other joints look like some are beggining to show signs of splits starting. I am at the mercy of the outside environment, as that is the only place I can work on this. Short of waiting for the more humid weather, what a good fix for these splits? I used CA glue on the recent one that is the largest. That area will be under the pickgurad anyways, so finish issues won't matter. I am going to do a thorouhg sand tomorrow and stain it and then poly it ASAP. I will not have the chance to assemble it with all the parts for a teast. I think it will be on target. I should have proceded at a faster pace, but since it was unfinfish for six years, I thought there would be no more wood issues. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Any time you set a guitar aside you should throw a finish on it...even if it's just a thin one. CA should work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP63 Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 I wanted to get it totally ready for finish first, but the weather superseded my plans. I will have to finish it and then make sure my measurements were all correct. Thanks for the encouragement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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