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Week 24 – Things get ugly

Posted on September 1, 2015November 11, 2015 by Iain 'Cutty' Carlin

Fret Board

  • Took off the clamps and wood holding down the frets on the fret board. Unfortunately they didn’t hold in place and all but the 1st fret had to be removed to start again.
  • Sanded back the fret board and reglued one fret after leaving the sanding grit in the fret channel to see if it would hold. Left for 2 hours to dry.
  • Came back after 2 hours and fret still hadn’t stuck
  • Got an off-cut of fret board and sanded enough powder to make a ‘gap-filler’ paste and spread over the side of the fret that needed re-bedding and put on excess glue on frets and re-inserted.
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