1949 Martin D-28 Bindings

The bindings/purflings have been a small challenge. I had to install them in several steps.

First I melted the bwb and ivory black together (see the previous post). Then, I glued on the stacked purfling.

Gluing on the back purfling.

Gluing on the back purfling.

Next the ivoroid binding is glued on using a combination of medium viscosity cyano-acrylate glue and a slurry of acetone and binding material.

Gluing the back binding.

Gluing the back binding using medium c-a glue and a slurry of binding and acetone.

The acetone and glue make the binding a purfling expand, so it will have to set for a few days to gas off before scraping and shaping to final size.

Back purfling and binding installed.

Back purfling and binding installed and gassing off before scraping.

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