Strategies for gluing in binding/purfling/marketry?
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:32 pm
I'm at the point where I am ready to glue on the binding and purfling to the top of my first build but I did a poor job of measuring before routing so I'm trying out different purfling combinations to make it all work. I had one failed attempt at gluing in side purfling first but then I went back and glued a new strip to the rosewood binding that I'd already bent. Now I have everything dry-fitted and I'm about to glue everything down but I have a couple of questions to ease my mind before I proceed:
1: Given that I don't have shellac to seal the end grains in the top, which of the following is the best approach?
A: Binding on first then wait until it dries, then clean up any squeeze out. Then once the binding is dry work in the purfling as you would with a rosette, or
B: glue it all together prior to installation then gluing it all into the channels at the same time, or
C: flood the channels with Titebond and work it all together in several inch segments? I'm leaning toward this option
2: is Titebond OK to use? I've heard that it's more forgiving to work with than CA? If I choose to glue the binding and the purfling all at the same time will I have enough time if I work in short segments?
1: Given that I don't have shellac to seal the end grains in the top, which of the following is the best approach?
A: Binding on first then wait until it dries, then clean up any squeeze out. Then once the binding is dry work in the purfling as you would with a rosette, or
B: glue it all together prior to installation then gluing it all into the channels at the same time, or
C: flood the channels with Titebond and work it all together in several inch segments? I'm leaning toward this option
2: is Titebond OK to use? I've heard that it's more forgiving to work with than CA? If I choose to glue the binding and the purfling all at the same time will I have enough time if I work in short segments?