epoxy ??

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Adrian Levi

I'm interested in how one can get epoxy off an instrument ! I saw a bass the other day that had literally been 'restored' to a fraction of its former glory with this super rock hard epoxy , and I mean gobs of the stuff !! Even the plates appeared to have been epoxied onto the ribs.

It would seem to me that a significant part of a luthiers time must be undoing other peoples 'repairs' ...

This was repaired over there where you are with epoxy or came from somewhere else?

You will loose some original wood where ever the epoxy touched the wood as it sinks into the fibers. This will double the time of a restoration if not triple it to restore it correctly. One of the Basses I have in restoration had a similar problem so I know now how difficult this epoxy stuff is to remove from talking to the luthier doing this job. When all is done, no one will ever know epoxy had touched that bass, hopefully..