The binding is now finished.
The white plastic did not react to acetone so I had to use super glue to glue the first layer of white binding to the guitar. I found that a thicker super glue works best for this application as it doesn't soak into the wood as much as the runny stuff. So I used a “gel” super glue to give me a longer working time to get the binding in place. Luckily the black binding did react to acetone so once the first white strip of binding was glued to the guitar I was able to use acetone on the black and bind all three layers together.
It turned out a bit messy but luckily I left the binding about .5mm higher than the top of the guitar just in case of a stuff up and to allow me a margin of error that I could sand back. The sides I didn’t worry about too much as it will be given a Walnut stain so that should hide a multitude of sins.
The Binding applied and taped to the guitar.
Before sanding. The messy result of using acetone on the black binding.
After sanding. With aggressive sanding I was able to get a much better result.
This week I hope to sand through the grades to either 400 or 600 grit and tidy up any “dings” before starting to apply the finish.
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