westhemann Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 when i glued the binding on my fretboard i had some glue seep in to the fret slots....how do i get it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 That slot cleaning hook from Stewmac that fits into an exacto handle works great for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goat Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 when i glued the binding on my fretboard i had some glue seep in to the fret slots....how do i get it out? I had that happen and believe it or not ,I used a coarse piece of emery cloth,like the plumbers type,80 grit,and used the edge like a bandsaw blade and slowly sanded through it and cleaned it up with an exacto saw.It was about .020 I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 thank you scott...that is exactly what i need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 You can usually pick up a dentist tool at the swap market (flea Markets in the south) for about $1 that will do the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 If you have a small enough dental type dremel bit, it's good to get most of it out. It will also soften it, to make it easier to pick it out with the StewMac fret-slot cleaner or #11 exacto blade. You'll need to pop hardened glue off the dremel bit often. You should also either buy or make one of those short fret-slot saws that will work on a bound neck. You can make one out of an X-acto key-hole saw-blade, Just cut a 3/8" piece off and mount it to some kind of handle. That's what I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Luthier Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Get an exacto blade and a torch. Maybe fasten the blade to some kind of non-flamable handle if you need to, or just get a metal bodied excato. Heat the blade up and kind rock the blade into the slot, you'll here the glue melt. Heat will terminate any glue joint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Target has Xacto sets (DURABRAND) for like $5. It'll do all of that. I am doing that myself as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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