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I just want some experiences from guitar builders who have hardened burl or spalt.
I have a nice buckeye burl book-matched top, and it's a bit soft, so I would like to harden it before building.
So has anyone used thin superglue? Or shellac? Or any of the rotten wood hardeners?
I want to spray nitro lacquer over it so I guess some of the hardeners might not react well to nitro either?
Anyway, anyone done it successfully?
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I know someone else who uses superglue so that seems like the most common method.
He also mentioned that he tried a rot hardener but found that it left a sticky residue that was a nightmare to get rid of, so I don't really want to try that unless someone else has tried a specific product successfully.
Seems like superglue is the most likely thing to use. And I have plenty for cellulose sanding sealer so I'll just hit it with lots of that before lacquering (thanks for the advice Wez).
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