radansey Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I have just completed my defret. Frets removed using the pliers and soldering-iron method, but this left some ragged lines where the tang 'barbs' chipped some of the fingerboard on their way to freedom. Used saw blade to remove the radius at the bottom of each slot - retained saw-dust Cut strips of 0.6mm maple veneer to add fretlines, these glued-in with PVA, with excess adhesive removed from the face of the board. Once all fitted, mixed-up filler using PVA and the saw-dust from earlier - this was added as a fillet between the protruding veneer and the finger-board. Excess removed. Once dry, shaved-off excess veneer using a stanley-knife blade (careful!!), then sanded-down with 120, 320 and 1200 grit until smmoooth. Unfortunately, I have exceeded my upload quota so cannot post a pic. I now need to finish-off. I have read the various posts regarding, epoxy, super-glue, etc, but was wondering whether anyone has tried multiple coats of wood hardener?? Any advice would be gratefully received. Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radansey Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Pictures at the following links [url="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2672/dscf3349u.jpg"]http://img20.imagesh...2/dscf3349u.jpg[/url] [url="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/4764/dscf3352d.jpg"]http://img195.images...4/dscf3352d.jpg[/url] [url="http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4923/dscf3357a.jpg"]http://img255.images...3/dscf3357a.jpg[/url] [url="http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8954/dscf3365r.jpg"]http://img26.imagesh...4/dscf3365r.jpg[/url] Just completed CA fingerboard coating, will post pics later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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