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..

[Calvin Marks]

Adrian, where are you finding these basses? I didn't even know there were so many instruments in South Africa period.

[Adrian Levi]

Originally Posted by Calvin Marks

Adrian, where are you finding these basses? I didn't even know there were so many instruments in South Africa period.

They are everywhere

[Adrian Levi]

[quote=Ken Smith;16793]This was repaired over there where you are with epoxy or came from somewhere else?

I'm guessing the bass in question was probably repaired over here , but one never knows.I think its another older german bass!I passed on buying it due to
the epoxy problem.
I would have thought that there was some sort of solvent to break the stuff down !