The most annoying side of neck' cork replacement? It is supposed to be easy!....yet, until recently, cork replacement was for me a dreaded chore (and in general I'm not that bad at DIY).
I've replaced neck's cork in the past...but the final results were really just about right - a patchy mess with poorly secured junctions which would stick eventually (after a couple of sessions) by means of saliva's sedimentation (yak).
The real problem was that I was using the wrong glue; some Contact type which would take too long to set - in fact on a couple of instances I was tempted to use super glue (not recommended).
Then I decided to find out more about glues for this particular jobs - looking for Contact Cement (which is probably more an American term - correct me if I'm wrong) I stumbled on some Evo-Stik multi purpose Instant Contact Adhesive which I've just tried (I'm not a salesman and I guess any "Contact INSTANT" would do) - well, it's surprising how much a difference it makes - the final result really look professionally done at a fraction of the time and I can't wait to do the next cork replacement (well, not really as I prefer using my spare time playing but you get the idea).
Final thought? Simple, use the right tools!
I've replaced neck's cork in the past...but the final results were really just about right - a patchy mess with poorly secured junctions which would stick eventually (after a couple of sessions) by means of saliva's sedimentation (yak).
The real problem was that I was using the wrong glue; some Contact type which would take too long to set - in fact on a couple of instances I was tempted to use super glue (not recommended).
Then I decided to find out more about glues for this particular jobs - looking for Contact Cement (which is probably more an American term - correct me if I'm wrong) I stumbled on some Evo-Stik multi purpose Instant Contact Adhesive which I've just tried (I'm not a salesman and I guess any "Contact INSTANT" would do) - well, it's surprising how much a difference it makes - the final result really look professionally done at a fraction of the time and I can't wait to do the next cork replacement (well, not really as I prefer using my spare time playing but you get the idea).
Final thought? Simple, use the right tools!