Am_guitar Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Hello! I've been working on my 3rd guitar, and unfortuantely the binding came out less than perfect. I had some gaps that I had to fill, and quite honestly it now looks pretty bad (around some areas, the rest look great). As you can notice from the picture, this white binding goop hides the black line (scraping it won't help anymore), and I was wondering if you have any ideas about how to "recreate" this fine black line. I was thinking about several ideas - even drawing it with somekind of a pen (but I believe it would melt under lacquer). In any way - and kind of help would be appreciated. It doesn't have to solve it 100% - just make it look somewhat decent (of course, the less noticable and close to perfect the better). Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 well, you could try to lay down a sheet of paper on either side and carefully spray in some black, or use a bendable ruler to allow you to do a black magic marker line... and I think if you first hit it with some acrylic clear followed by lacquer you'd probably be ok... or you could just replace that section with a new piece and try to blend the joins with acetone/melted-binding... but in all honestly I think this would be a complete 'redo' for me. Binding isn't ever really 'fun' but it's not all that hard. It looks like that is on the top side... and I would look at it every time I play the guitar... and it would get under my skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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