Author: Lelia
Date: 1999-07-12 17:12
I buy used instruments that often come in cases that need repair work. Sobo Craft and Fabric Glue, sold in fabric and craft stores, is good for re-gluing case linings, especially when the case itself is wood. Sobo seems to work best if I spread it out with a plastic squeegie (like a broad spatula -- actually before I bought the squeegie, sold in the same dept. as the glue, I used a kitchen spatula) and let it begin to dry a little so that it feels sticky instead of wet, before pressing the fabric down against the wood. I do one section at a time so I can hold the fabric flat while the glue sets up. Sometimes I hold it in place with a brace ( a board fastened to the case with clamps), if I've had to glue a large section, such as the whole inside of the top.
If the case itself starts coming apart at mortise-and-tenon corners, and if the wood seems to have deteriorated some (often happens with old cases) so that I don't think Elmer's Carpenter's Glue will do the job (though that glue, the yellowish-colored kind, is excellent for wood that's in good condition), I shoot some Gorilla Glue in there. Get Gorilla at hardware stores. It's a gap-filling adhesive that comes in a plastic squeeze bottle with a nozzle. Gorilla Glue darkens in color and expands to fill gaps after you apply it, so it will need to be sanded smooth after it dries. That means, don't glue the fabric or plastic back down over the joint until you're done cleaning up everything underneath. And don't get it on anything you don't want permanently stained and glued!
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