Luthier Tips du Jour - Installing bindings and purflings

[@forrestfox5858]

Thanks for posting this is very helpful to me 👍🏼

[@mtmals9786]

Just bent strips of rosewood to bind my first build a flamenco style guitar. This lesson is a welcome review. Project has taken a year but a real skill builder. Thanks Robert and LMI.

[@OBrienGuitars]

+MT Mals Glad to hear you found the video useful. If you are into flamenco guitars you should check out my latest video course on flamenco guitars. www.obringuitars.com/courses

[@mtmals9786]

+OBrienGuitars You bet Robert! I update a slideshow diary for anyone interested at taowriter5000.com. click on the guitar at the bottom. Thanks again. Keep up the great work.

[@OBrienGuitars]

@MaidenFan24568 If the bindings are wood yes. If they are plastic or ivoroid then a different glue is used and it is not really necessary to wrap the guitar

[@mtmals9786]

just glued in top binding. both parts fit glue up okay. after binding with masking and twill tape noticed fine space at one edge.....several more strip's of masking tape tightened the space before it dried. so a quick inspection after tying up binding is a good idea. slide show updated shortly. mike

[@forrestfox5858]

By hi tech device do you mean my finger for spreading the glue lol

[@hobiecat901]

Do you have a video for ABS plastic binding and what type of glue you would use?

[@OBrienGuitars]

I don't think I have a video about how to install ABS plastic bindings. This is the glue I would use though. www.lmii.com/glue/2944-contact-adhesive-for-binding-2-oz.html

[@OBrienGuitars]

@mandaltby I did that for man years. It was a bit tougher for some of my students so I went to the butt joint and have never had a problem with it separating. It is easier to do too.

[@JPumpkinKing]

Just installed my first section of binding and perfling on a ukulele I'm building, and it went well, but there are some small gaps here and there. What do you suggest I use to fill them? The wood is mahogany and I'm planning on using some mahogany colored grain filler to seal it. Will that do the trick in filling the little gaps? Or do you suggest another method?

[@OBrienGuitars]

I use sawdust and CA glue. You may also be able to use a clamp to close the gap and then use CA glue to keep it in place. Never try these tricks on lighter colored woods like spruce or cedar.

[@JPumpkinKing]

OBrienGuitars Please message me your email. I want to send you pictures of my finished ukulele! Thanks to your advice, it turned out GREAT!

[@sapelesteve]

Hi Robert: Great video as usual! I was wondering how you prebent the wood bindings prior to installing. I am building my first guitar & am at the binding stage now. I ordered some Maple wood binding from SM that has the purfling attached already. I used a PVC pipe closed off at one end & put the bindings in the pipe using steam to heat & wet the bindings in order to prebend them prior to glue up. However, I still had breakage of the bindings at the bend of the upper bout. Any advice before I have to turn the guitar over to do the top bindings? And I thought that this was going to be easy! Thanks for your advice, Steve

[@a.l.murkar6425]

Hmm...do wood bindings need to be bent to perfectly match the instrument shape before installing? Or are they flexible enough for the twill tape to remove any gaps?

[@OBrienGuitars]

Thank you. I also give classes and workshops on the road. Get a group together and let me know when to sow up.

[@ImperialistRunningDo]

What kind of twill? Heavy weight? Light weight? Just glued a walnut binding on this morning. Nicely bent, but dang I could have used some extra umph in my taping. Traditional clamps didn't help much.

[@hoffy1003]

Great video. Thanks Robert. I am about to start thinking about the binding on my Archtop build. Let me ask you this. Is all this information the same if I am going to use plastic binding ? Is one easier than the other i.e plastic or wood ? This is not only my first guitar, but my first woodworking project ever !

[@OBrienGuitars]

Plastic is easier because you don't have to pre-bend it. You will have to use a different type glue as well.

[@mandaltby]

Im a finish carpenter, and wonder why don't you cut the binding at a 45 at the seam that way it will never separate. Just wondering ..amazing work man

[@juliantaylor7663]

did you use plastic purfling or wood purfling?

[@evertonrosa5244]

Hey, What glue should I use to glue the binding of a lespaul guitar, I'm changing the binding of the neck and body, I use Titebond 3 or even other glue?

[@OBrienGuitars]

I talk about that in this video. OBrien Guitars - Luthier Tips du Jour - Glues Part I Use a glue that bonds plastic and wood.

[@exortus]

nice!, helped me a lot, by the way, great song choose.

[@jasonadams527]

Did you ever have a shop in Boulder upstairs off of Pearl street?

[@OBrienGuitars]

not me.

[@mikepoirier2492]

Woodsongs-I used to work there.

[@OBrienGuitars]

@yestragitaarbouw Yes, cocobolo and koa, nice huh?

[@ImperialistRunningDo]

sizes run from 3/8 up to 2". What size do you use?

[@OBrienGuitars]

There is some flexibility with wooden bindings if they are not bent perfectly to match the bindings channels. However, the better the fit the better you binding job will turn out. Make everything fit well before getting out the glue bottle.

[@symonf1966]

This is my job this week.

[@equinox747]

hi, i want to install plastic binding to my burns tr2 guitar refurbishment, what glue would you suggest,

[@OBrienGuitars]

I would recommend this. www.lmii.com/products/finishing/adhesives/binding-adhesives

[@equinox747]

cheers, i don't think i can get this in England, could you suggest a close uk alternative ?:)

[@equinox747]

i think this is the same ? www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Revell-39601-Plastic-adhesive-with-brush-Contact-Liquid-18g-grams-new-/222015403976?hash=item33b12637c8:g:M6gAAOxy3zNSm4nI

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Can you repair a crack in a corner of an acoustic guitar with epoxy glue ? I just bought a $1500 Alvarez guitar for $400 it is damaged due to a fall . I would like to try to fix it . Home Depot should be my source of materials.

[@customshopdesigned4468]

You should try GluBoost

[@OBrienGuitars]

Heavy duty , one inch wide

[@OBrienGuitars]

I wouldn't say it affects tone on a solid body. At least I don't think my ear could hear the difference.

[@MeniscoManeiro]

brasileirinho?

[@JgHaverty]

haha high tech glue spreading device :p