bindings

[Darryl Young]

Whoops, I just glued my cocobolo bindings on with PVA. It seems to be holding so far.

If it is holding......that's all that matters! Some Coco has a lot of oil that can cause adhesion problems.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

"Would you mind posting a pic of how you use clamps on the waist to keep the binding in place?"

Darryl, no picture, but I've made cauls the shape of the waist with flat sides on the outside so I can use a long clamp across the body to use slight pressure to make sure the binding is tight in the waist. It has worked very well. Clamp it as you go around so you don't pull the binding away from your join at the neck area....this can happen, even if ever so slightly, and leave a gap at your seam......don't ask me how I know this.

Kevin

[Tom West]

The best way I've found to get tight binding joints is with Titebond or other wood glue and roping the bindings onto the guitar. I just use one clamp end to end to make sure the ends are extra tight. I should add I only use wood bindings.

Tom