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THanks for the suggestions - I'm a little embarrased that I didn't go see Frank Ford about this before posting.

My first build in 2002 was a stewmac d28. It went together well (only 500 hours!) but one mistake that i made that is showing up only now - is that I did not clamp the little side re-inforcement pieces that go between the kerfing on the inside at 4" (or so) intervals. Not having the right clamp...

Thanks All, I'm going to try the one side at a time, with shellac, method and see how it goes

Hi, thanks for the replies... (hey Mark! - hope to see you at the next GAL) I'm doing les paul style fret boards where I file the frets even with the edge of the board before binding. That makes scraping tough, but I hit it (along with the binding) with 100 grit (no solvent) I've used duco on severa...

I'm building guitars that use cocobolo fretboards and I'm binding them with plastic ivroid binding (.040"). I keep notes on most stuff I do in my shop, but in this case, its not helping. No matter what kind of glue I use (yellow, white, fish, ca, model glue, the binding glue from LMI, others......

Great, thanks
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Hi, I want to sunburst a Hamer Echotone from Korea (2003?) and I suspect that the very shiny finish is some sort of poly. I'm considering roughing it up a bit with 320 grit and then spraying lacquer. Does that sound like it will work or do I need to get the existing finish off of it?
Thanks