On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Anthony Hind <[email protected]> wrote:
> I imagine the white glue would be ok, but what is "white" glue? Is it what What I call white glue is the wood glue I buy in a DIY store. It comes in quick-dry (30 minutes) or something like 24-hours dry. Bison, whatever. A pupil of mine owns a DIY store and says all these glues are actually the same. I use it for body frets (the ones that come off eventually anyway), 'ivory' pips on the tuning pegs, small decorations on the neck/pegbox that come off occasionally, and such. Travel and stage can be hazardous. If you're unsure and don't want to damage anything, secure the loose bit with the tape used for painting, the one that comes off without leaving stocky bits, and bring it to a luthier. I've once rather upset Nico vd Waals by bringing him a lute with a top that had come loose in hot and humid Japan. I had fastened it with 'invisible' tape, the nice one you can write on and take off from paper without damage. It leaves no traces, but is _really_ hard to remove from wood. What did I know? It took Nico more time to get rid of my emergency repair than it took him to open my lute, glue and stick it all together with painter's tape. He gave the lute with his tape back to me, to take it off myself the next day. David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
