Stupid noob question about CA glue

[ljzimmer]

So I'm inlaying fret lines on my fretless. The foreman suggested liquid superglue. Is this a acceptable alternative? I will be using epoxy on the fingerboard.

Thanks,

Loren

[Rocky McDougall]

Super glue is clear. Do you want a contrastomg wood so the lines are visible. Usually on a light neck (Maple) dark lines are used and dark fretboards (Rosewood) light maple is common. The thin strips are usually glued in with Superglue. There are many threads and Video's showing the process.

[Cy_Miles]

I was reading about using CA with dyes or with colored sawdust as inlays. http://www.banjohangout.org/forum/to...OPIC_ID=145719

They use CA, epoxy and Titebond to both inlay and tidy up the edges of inlays when there is little gaps in the wood.

I am going to use Titebond and ebony dust to make fretmarkers on the side of the neck on my current (and first) build also a freless. But I only want the marks on the side.

I might make slots on the top corner so the extend 1/4 inch or so on the face and the side of the fingerboard.

[RedLeg]

I used CA (zap super thin) to coat a fingerboard and that stuff lives up to its name, super thin. I do not think it would be appropriate to fill fretlines by itself.

[jordan_frerichs]

I would thin some titebond with water, and do that, since it wood gluing to wood.

[62bass]

There are all sorts of things that work. I used talcum powder mixed with epoxy resin to get white fret lines on one bass. On another bass with a rosewood board I wanted to hide some chips broken out when de-fretting. I used some powdered Greek coffee mixed with epoxy resin. Another time to get a line that I wanted about the colour of unfinished ash, I used fine sawdust from the dust bag in my random orbit sander mixed with epoxy.

[gfried84]

I would recommend using CA or Epoxy as it won't introduce any necessary moisture into the fingerboard. Epoxy also cleans up easily with rubbing alcohol or vinegar.