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James Roadman - Roadman Guitars ArticleRepair and Restoration

Jun 1, 2026

F5-L Mandolin Binding Repair

Repairing damaged binding and purfling points and replacing mismatched ivoroid point caps on an F5 mandolin — with 3D-scanned, CNC-milled cast-resin binding, color-matched and tinted to disappear. Thi…

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Dan Erlewine VideoRepair and RestorationLite

Apr 23, 2025

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Todd Sams: Tool developer at StewMac, with Dan Erlewine

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Sep 21, 2024

help with Liquid binding repair ingredients/process

Hey guys, I’ve got a crumbling binding issue on a 1977 Gibson F5 mandolin. After viewing the liquid binding repair video from Doug, I ordered the appropriate(I think?) chemicals to mix with my Gluboost Master Glu and attempt the repair. I mixed the titanium white with the Dioxane, and the Butoxyethanol, and then when I mixed in the Master Glu. As soon as I mixed in the glue, it got hot and smoked and turned into a solid mass pictured in…

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Private memberSep 22, 2024

Thanks Doug. that all makes sense, I ordered all this stuff right after I seen your video, in hindsight probably overkill to have this much. I actually do have some of the white fill and finish, I order…