Fretted to Fretless Conversion

[mickeyj4j]

Carbatec normally stock it. I got mine here but they wont post out the accelerator because it's in an aerosol. They also have the spare tips and micropipettes. http://www.thewoodsmith.com.au/thewoods ... tuff01.htm

Also stocked in carbatec nz, they are on Harris road east tamaki. They have a good website.
Cheers

Thanks guys is the accelerator beneficial and necessary.

[kiwigeo]

Thanks guys is the accelerator beneficial and necessary.

You can generally do without it. Depends what sort of work you're doing. Eg the other day I was gluing up pieces of burl into a rosette. The accelerator allowed me to speed up the job. One thing to watch is that you don't spray on too much accelerator as it will result in a hard white crust.

[jeffhigh]

No need for accelerator on this job, leave it for an hour and you are good to start trimming then sanding.

[slowlearner]

A few people will want to rain cow poo on me... but I've had plenty of success with cheap, supermarket superglue on fretmarkers (and a host of other things too).



I've used tru-oil, wipe on poly or just boiled linseed oil to finish 3 different fretless boards and had great results.

P.s. I'm keen to try a wipe on CA finish at some stage too. Just make sure your work area is well ventilated, otherwise you'll float back out of the shed...

[jeffhigh]

A few people will want to rain cow poo on me... but I've had plenty of success with cheap, supermarket superglue on fretmarkers (and a host of other things too).
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Yeah same here

[lauburu]

I've had plenty of success with cheap, supermarket superglue

And also with $2 Shop superglue. The biggest difference I've noted is that the unused $2 Shop stuff is unusable next day. Perhaps more to do with the airtightness of the container than the quality of the contents?

However, I always use the expensive stuff on mission critical components and the cheap stuff on non critical work.
Miguel