Headstock GUILD peak logo decal is gradually removing itself from the headstock. Any recommendations on sticking in back in place? My plan was to apply tiny amounts of wood glue with a toothpick then press it on overnight somehow. Thanks!
90's DC-1E headstock decal coming off
- Thread starter 7GuildsandanSG
- Start date
RBSinTo
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2021
- Messages
- 1,189
- Reaction score
- 1,511
- Guild Total
- 1
4GuildsandanSG,
Any idea what the logo is made from?
Carpenter's Glue should work well enough, but Cyano-acrylate will be much faster. However, if you do go the Crazy Glue route, just be very careful applying it as it will be difficult to remove any dried on excess after the fact and use a pin or toothpick to press the logo down and keep it in place until the glue sets. You don't want to use your finger as these glues stick incredibly well to protein like skin.
RBSinTo
What if you used a thinner gauge pick? 
walrus
walrus
wileypickett
Enlightened Member
I'd avoid Super-Glue.
A water-based glue should work fine. Put wax paper over the logo after you've applied the glue, then something solid (a piece of plexiglass, a piece of wood) on top of the wax paper, then clamp it to keep the logo flat while it dries.
Depending on what kind of clamp you're using, you may want to put to put something solid on the back of the headstock as well, so as not to mar it with the clamp.
Any glue squeeze-out you can clean up with a damp sponge after the glue dries. Give it 24 hours. Don't saturate the sponge or you'll loosen the glue you just applied!
A water-based glue should work fine. Put wax paper over the logo after you've applied the glue, then something solid (a piece of plexiglass, a piece of wood) on top of the wax paper, then clamp it to keep the logo flat while it dries.
Depending on what kind of clamp you're using, you may want to put to put something solid on the back of the headstock as well, so as not to mar it with the clamp.
Any glue squeeze-out you can clean up with a damp sponge after the glue dries. Give it 24 hours. Don't saturate the sponge or you'll loosen the glue you just applied!
Thank you so much. I have no idea what it's made from, I'm thinking plastic because it seems somewhat durable. Pearloid film maybe?
adorshki
Reverential Member
Welcome aboard, "4G's" ! They're described as pearloid in Guild lit, so you're probably right.
It looks like maybe some of the NCL has come off over the logo, which may have aggravated the lifting problem?
Personally I'd probably go the superglue route in that scenario, using extreme care not to se so much as to cause any squeeze out clamping. But I like the "quick" aspect, and chances are it'll never need to be removed and re-glued any time in the next 50 years.
Thanks! Would it be worth it to apply some NCL to it once it's glued back? Dab it on with a fine brush maybe? Never done that before, so, don't want to try.
RBSinTo
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2021
- Messages
- 1,189
- Reaction score
- 1,511
- Guild Total
- 1
4GuildsandanSG,
Less is often more. There is a Jewish word "patchka" that loosely translates as "to fiddle around with", and the more you patchka with the headstock after you re-attach the logo, the greater your chanches of making a mess.
If the instrument means so much to you that re-finishing the headstock is that important, my advice would be to "Get thee to a Luthier".
RBSinTo