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Weez:
Hey everyone,

New to the forum, and something I wish to look into after this project I am working on. But it so happens, I am building a guitar at the moment made of mahogany, and I have a python snakeskin, with a leathered backing, had it years, so I put it on my guitar body using Titebond 3 and vacuum packed it.

I will eventually clear coat with 2 pack acrylic paint.

I kinda went head first in so my question is, did I use the right glue? I did a test piece first and trying to remove it was difficult and very hard. Pulling the snake skin away from the leathered backing.

I googled a lot and this came back, a lot of people saying yes its fine and Titebond FAQ said it was fine.

So, have I been hasty? Or is it a okay ready for cutting trimming and clear coating?

PEARL DRUMS:
The skin is probably tanned. It may not stay put. I've had miserable luck with tanned skins.

osage outlaw:
I haven't glued tanned snake skins yet but I have several sets and I plan on using TB glue.  I have glued leather to wood with TB and it stuck pretty well.  It takes a lot of effort to peal it off.  Your guitar won't be flexing like a bow so I would think you will be fine.  Did you get all the air bubbles out of the skin when you glued it down?  Could you post some pictures of you guitar?  I would like to see it. 

Weez:
Bugger.... I hope that isn't the case... I went for it on the basis of it saying okay for leather and my small test piece was real tricky to peel off. I know that Washburn have done this before in the past, they seemed tanned as well. I don't really have anything else to hand, bar some elmers PVA glue but I always use TB3 for, well, everything.

I ran a piece of timber over the entire thing with some force to remove air bubbles, then put it in a vacuum pack bag and sucked the air out and for good measure clamped a piece of timber to the top with medium pressure.

Like I say, I need to clear coat it and finish it up and bind the body. Let me see if I can upload a photo...

Weez:
Aha, it worked... as you can see, the back of the skin on the cut piece to the bottom is white and fluffy and leathery, so I HOPE that it would be incredibly difficult get off. I rollered the glue and did it in half sections to ensure and element of workability.

I have tonnes of the stuff left as well, maybe 13 foot. Maybe more.

Just really really hope this sticks, as I don;t have the width to stick it again if it were to slip.... :/

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