"Danger" is my middle name.

@TheHorse (238356)
Walnut Creek, California
April 24, 2019 2:05pm CST
The work I did on my Martin D-18 guitar, gluing down the binding that had come up, was a success. But after a couple of months, the binding I'd glued started to "come up," ever so slightly. I think my mistake might have been using Howard's Orange Oil as I tried to sand things down and make the binding line up with the wood of the side of the guitar. So I had do do a bit of re-gluing, using some fast-setting super glue I bought from Stu Mac, which sells guitar-making and repairing stuff. As you can see I had to mask the area where I was working, and hope that the glue would soak into the area that needed gluing. If I get ANY glue on the finished wood surface, I'm doomed. In what areas do you like to live dangerously? This is a $3000 guitar, but I went for it anyway.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135966)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Apr 19
I live dangerously just dealing with the critters here. Hope the fix works.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Apr 19
Which critters? The domesticated ones? Or the wild ones?
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135966)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Apr 19
@TheHorse Sometimes both. Had a deer chasing my dog one time after I called the dog. I know what those hooves can do.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Apr 19
@wolfgirl569 I didn't know deer chased dogs!
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502730)
• Italy
25 Apr 19
I do not like to live dangerously, I avoid to take risks when possible. Painting the exterior of our hot tub can be considered "dangerous", I am careful.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502730)
• Italy
25 Apr 19
@TheHorse Dropping the pain on our teak deck.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Apr 19
What's the most dangerous part of painting the outside of your hot tub?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Apr 19
@LadyDuck Ah, got it. Is there a method for removing it quickly if drips happen?
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51838)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Apr 19
Oh no! Your guitar has an owie... nice bandaids though.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Apr 19
So far so good.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
25 Apr 19
@TheHorse I hate gluing things I get it on me too.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Apr 19
I did a decent job of not getting too much of this stuff on me.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Apr 19
@Hannihar I did. But I got it off with Comet and "elbow grease."
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
26 Apr 19
@TheHorse I find it is a mess to clean off afterwards. I usually get some on my fingers.
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Merryjoy
@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
25 Apr 19
I want to play a guitar
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Apr 19
Go for it! Get an inexpensive one and learn three chords...then build from there.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Apr 19
@resukill22 Sweet! The next step is to make sure it's in tune.
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Merryjoy
@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
25 Apr 19
@TheHorse we have guitar here no need to buy hehe
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
25 Apr 19
You are brave doing this with such an expensive guitar. I don't take a lot of risks.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Apr 19
The fix-it guy at Guitar Center said that he didn't like doing this partiular repair because of the "one slip and you're doomed" factor.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Apr 19
@CarolDM It looks pretty good right now. There's a tiny place where there is still some movement" (the binding is not totally secured to the wood), but I going to give a current fix a few weeks to dry and cure before I do anything else.
CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
25 Apr 19
@TheHorse I can understand that.
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
26 Apr 19
So, the alternative is to leave it already damaged? It seems like it's worth a shot, provided you have a fair amount of expertise, which I believe you do.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Apr 19
I'm pretty good at this. But any slip up could spell disaster.
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DEBJANI BASAK
@debjani1 (7202)
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29 Apr 19
I think you should purchase the new one. Why are you repairing the old ones. Buy the new one.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238356)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Apr 19
Well, Martin guitars are worth more as they age. A new one would cost about $3000. I'd rather just do a minor (but difficult) cosmetic fix on the one I already bought.