Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Bridge Bottoms Cleaned


When removing bridges that are glued to the soundboard, a fair amount of soundboard wood and glue residue are left on the bridges. The wood reside is carefully removed with a wood chisel. The goal is to remove the soundboard wood, but not nick the bridge bottom. Then the surface is soaked with a solution of wall paper remover and water, and let stand for 10-15 minutes. A wood scraper is then used to remove the old glue residue, leaving a clean surface for future attachment to the new soundboard.

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