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Topic: Saving Kluson plastic tuner buttons from disintegration |
Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2014 7:38 am |
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It's no secret that some of the early plastics used by Kluson Manufacturing Co. were unstable and had a tendency to self-destruct.
I recently obtained a BR-4 with plastic buttons that are serviceable at the moment, but are well on their way to oblivion.
Has anyone ever attempted to resurrect these buttons? A friend has suggested dipping the button end of the tuner in either cyanoacrylate or clear fingernail polish. I guess it would be worth a try, as a last resort to snipping the old ones off and installing new buttons.
I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has had any success saving their original Kluson tuner buttons. |
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Frank James Pracher
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2014 8:24 am
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I've done it on quite a few of my steels. I get a really thin cyanoacrylate glue from a local hobby shop and apply thin layers letting it soak in. Sometimes I sand lightly between coats. It works great. I've saved tuners that would have broken if you tried to turn them.
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2014 10:00 am
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| Thanks, Frank, for your encouraging response. I will give that a try. Really nothing to lose, as new buttons are always an option. |
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Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2014 3:24 pm
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I may have to try that on my National. They aren't quite falling apart yet, but they are on the way out.
Thanks! |
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