Siete Leguas wrote:Hi Doc, you could try dipping a cotton swab in solvents like acetone or ethanol and see if the glue is soluble in them... If not, maybe scrape it away?
I pried the crack open more with a knife, put a piece of coarse sandpaper in the crack and roughed up the surface of the butt joints between the staves, physically removing any loose or weak glue at the same time. Then I cleaned out the sanding dust with an alcohol soaked rag, let it dry thoroughly and re-glued the staves using Titebond.
Chtimulato wrote:I think jorge's solution is the good one :
Chtimulato wrote:
You can also ask Ralph Flores (son of Tom Flores, the founder of Valje) : he's now got the brand name back from LP, and has his own site :
http://valjedrums.com/History.php
He also founded this brand :
http://www.resolutiondrums.com/
drtom wrote:The thing is I'm pretty sure I'll end up with surfaces out of flush.
Chtimulato wrote:Hello.
Some people use white vinegar, soaking the staves in the tub overnight.
I tried it once with a little barrel I had (badly) glued as a kind of training, but it didn't work very good for me. Maybe the vinegar was bad quality, or I wasn't patient enough.
I think jorge's solution is the good one :I pried the crack open more with a knife, put a piece of coarse sandpaper in the crack and roughed up the surface of the butt joints between the staves, physically removing any loose or weak glue at the same time. Then I cleaned out the sanding dust with an alcohol soaked rag, let it dry thoroughly and re-glued the staves using Titebond.
Some people use epoxy instead of Titebond, but it's said to be irreversible, so it's better to use Titebond (1, 2 or 3)
You can also ask Ralph Flores (son of Tom Flores, the founder of Valje) : he's now got the brand name back from LP, and has his own site :
http://valjedrums.com/History.php
He also founded this brand :
http://www.resolutiondrums.com/
Stay safe, everybody.
Mike wrote:Maybe one would have to try reassembling it in total, i.e. talking ALL the staves apart.
Mike wrote:But reglueing a whole conga shell like that Valje mofo is a challenge I would not really like to tackle.
On the other hand it is surely not impossible.
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