mandodiddle
Well-known member
Hey everyone, I have some questions about purfling.
I bought some .20 x .20 black/white fiber purfling from LMI and glued it in with black ebony wood binding at the same time using LMI’s yellow glue. I used StewMac’s brown binding tape and did use considerable pressure when taping the binding/purfling down.
The results I got were a little disappointing. The white portion of the purfling showed up as varying thicknesses in different places along the binding.
The questions I have are:
1. Is it possible to use too much pressure with the brown binding tape and a glue that is water soluble?
2. Would cyanoacrylate glue be a better method, taping everything in place first and then wicking it in?
3. Would gluing the binding in first with a spacer for the purfling be a better choice? Then glue in the purfling.
4. Would plastic purfling create a better result?
I can go along the purfling with an Exacto knife and clean the white dimensions up pretty good, but it has been time consuming and seems like unnecessary work that I have created.
I bought some .20 x .20 black/white fiber purfling from LMI and glued it in with black ebony wood binding at the same time using LMI’s yellow glue. I used StewMac’s brown binding tape and did use considerable pressure when taping the binding/purfling down.
The results I got were a little disappointing. The white portion of the purfling showed up as varying thicknesses in different places along the binding.
The questions I have are:
1. Is it possible to use too much pressure with the brown binding tape and a glue that is water soluble?
2. Would cyanoacrylate glue be a better method, taping everything in place first and then wicking it in?
3. Would gluing the binding in first with a spacer for the purfling be a better choice? Then glue in the purfling.
4. Would plastic purfling create a better result?
I can go along the purfling with an Exacto knife and clean the white dimensions up pretty good, but it has been time consuming and seems like unnecessary work that I have created.