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Topic: GFI Ultra - what adhesive for the laminate? |
Brandon Schafer
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 6:49 am |
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| I have a GFI Ultra that's got the laminate covering peeling up on the pedal rack. What's the consensus on the best adhesive to stick it back on? Of course, I thought of super glue, but wasn't sure that was the best solution. |
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Fred Martin
From:
Phoenix, Az
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 8:01 am
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Yes, I had the same problem. Pretty easy to brush a foot against it and it pops loose. Seems like I put a dab of super glue on and it may have popped up again.
But I was pretty stingy and just had a few drops on it. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 9:12 am
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| I would be surprised if contact cement wasn't used originally. |
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Bruce Derr
From:
Lee, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 9:16 am
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| Give them a call or email. They've been helpful and quick to respond when I have done so. |
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Tom Sosbe
From:
Rushville,In
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 10:28 am
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| contact cement is what I used on my Dekley. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 12:14 pm
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Contact cement. Let it dry properly then stick it in place, but be careful to put it on the right place; you only get one shot
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Brandon Schafer
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 1:15 pm
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| So, I just found out that GFI recommends 3M Super 77, for what it's worth. Thanks for your input, guys! |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 4:21 pm
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Super 90 is grippier if you're gonna spray.
It's basically aerosol contact cement. Spray both surfaces, making sure to get the edges (I'd use masking tape on the pedal bar), allow to dry til it no longer looks moist, mate the surfaces.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Norbert Dengler
From:
germany
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Posted 24 Dec 2016 7:32 am
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had the same thing once... used superglue...works fine.  |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 25 Dec 2016 9:14 am
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I would not use super glue or any spray adhesive. Trying to repair loose mica piece meal while attached to the guitar is hard to do in my experience. Best to pull off the whole piece and re-glue. It's nearly impossible to get behind a loose area to apply adhesive where you want it and it gets everywhere you don't.
If you try to use spray adhesive, you'll spend more time trying to remove the overspray than the entire job takes. It'll get in places you don't want it and it never dries. Just a sticky mess.
If it's lifting in one spot, it will likely come up somewhere else.
You can usually soften it up enough to pull off and use a putty knife and some heat to pull off the entire strip. Takes a little time and patience so you don't break it.
You can buy a small can of Weldwood Contact Cement for $8, 9 bucks or so and a cheap throwaway brush to apply it with. Follow directions and your repair job is done. Never have to mess with it again. The new glue application will re-activate the existing if it's contact cement.
Super glue will probably hold it if you can get it in the right spot, but if you have to pull it up to repair another area in the future, the dried super glue bump is tough to get off.
Your guitar, just passing on my experience and findings from past attempts.....FWIW...which may be nothing.
Or you could take it to a cabinet shop and have them re-do it for you for probably a reasonable fee. |
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