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| Author: | L. Presnall [ Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:54 pm ] |
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I'm contemplating going back to Titebond, but I have some new LMI in a shipment that I'd forgotten about. I guess I could just outfit the wife and kids with household glue for another year or so, but it got me to wondering about the thread where the LMI stuff failed. And I think John Mayes that had a couple boxes come apart routing for binding after using LMI?  Any new scares or was it just a bad batch?
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| Author: | John How [ Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:58 pm ] |
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I've used it for the last 10 or so guitars and never had a problem. |
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| Author: | johno [ Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:11 pm ] |
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LMI white is fine, no actually it is a really good glue. I can say the only centerseam that I had fail, was made with titebond on an early guitar. Was it the titebond's fault? I doubt it. I would tend to look at process more so than product when I get a failure. Did I candle the joint, did I starve it. I won't blame the the tightbond, it is more likely I did not prep the joint the really well. |
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| Author: | John Mayes [ Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:46 pm ] |
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I've not tried it, nor wanted to, after the 3 failures (all from different bottles and titebond worked perfectly the 4th time). I'm sure the glue is ok, but I'm not taking my chances again. But there are a lot more praise stories than ones like mine... |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:05 pm ] |
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I've used it for all but my very first guitar, no problems at all - I would not hesitate it use it. I've never experience this, but Ive been told that Titebond has a tendency to cold creep. |
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| Author: | crazymanmichael [ Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:35 am ] |
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i've been using it, but not exclusively, for only a couple of years but have had no failures either in building or repair work. |
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| Author: | Tim McKnight [ Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:32 am ] |
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I'm just finishing up a batch of 21 guitars all of which are LMI white. No problems on 20+ before this batch either. I do keep my glue refrigerated and this may or may not help??? |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:48 pm ] |
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For the guys who've had the LMI glue fail...is there any chance you did your joinery in an environmental extreme: to hot/humid, or, more likely, too cold? I don't know what the chalk point of the LMI white is, but it could be a consideration in joint failure. It just seems so odd that a very few people have had a consistent problem, while others find it to be a superior product. Carlton |
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| Author: | John Mayes [ Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:02 pm ] |
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Nope my shop is always between 65-78 degrees, and 40-50% humidity. I think I may have gotten a bad batch... but I'd rather not risk it again. I just prefer to stick with titebond and hide glue.... |
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