kendall Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I recently filed down the nut on my bass and overdid it a little. Whilst waiting for a replacement, I was suggested using a mix of superglue and baking powder to fill in the filed down nut. I did this, and then refiled it. It worked a treat. The replacement nut arrived 3 months ago, but this repair is still holding firm, so I haven't bothered fitting the new nut. Thought I'd share this as a useful way of a temp repair in an emergency. Cheers K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 cool. nice to see the mixture rose to the occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Wow! can you take a picture? I would like to see how that looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendall Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1335437598' post='1630994'] cool. nice to see the mixture rose to the occasion. [/quote] Yeah I will post up a pic when i get home this weekend. It came out white, so I coloured it in with a permanent black marker and it looks pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Takes the biscuit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Bone dust and CA is the best way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I've used baking soda and superglue for years to fill in holes, nuts etc. it works a treat if you're fast. Another trick, if you've been sanding is to collect the dust, sift it and use that instead of/with the baking powder for a decent wood colour match. Her indoors was quite concerned when she found my little jars of dust though, be warned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I once saw a well known luthier doing just that trick. Only addition was a dusting of graphite powder to finish, worked a treat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I've not heard of using baking powder before but I've super glued bit's of paper into over filed slots before. After you've trimmed off any excess with a razor blade the repair is invisible (use a permanent marker to colour the paper for black nuts) It seems to last for ages. I once saw a double bass bridge that was heavily cut into by the strings , the owner ( a crazy old woman) used it for baroque music , apparently this requires lots of re-tuning and eats bridges. She used "araldite mixed with silver dust and baby powder" and was under the impression that this was the only way to do it. It hadn't worked. A friend of mine glued ebony inserts into the bridge to give a more permanent repair and hopefuly more resistance to ware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOB Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 [quote name='kendall' timestamp='1335436591' post='1630966'] It worked a treat. The replacement nut arrived 3 months ago, but this repair is still holding firm, so I haven't bothered fitting the new nut. [/quote] If it works then why bother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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