[Didjeridu] Redo mouthpiece on agave didge

[Barry Hall]

Gusty (and others)
You can get non-toxic, environmentally friendly 2-part epoxy putty here:
http://www.avesstudio.com/Products/products.html

It comes in many colors, works great for mouthpieces, and is non- 
toxic. Don't know if you would avoid the allergic reaction you had,  
Gusty, but I feel a lot better putting my mouth on this stuff than  
the highly toxic putty from the hardware store.
Barry

On Feb 18, 2008, at 12:00 AM, didjeridu-request at music.mills.edu wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> One way to just epoxy the mouth piece end only would be to put a  
> ring of
> masking tape around the didge about a half inch or so below the mouth
> piece and then epoxy the mouth piece with the two part epoxy inside  
> and
> out making sure to wipe off the dripping epoxy on the masking tape  
> so it
> doesn't run down to the unprotected part of the didge...  Then  
> after the
> epoxy is hardened enough to not run any more you can peel off the
> masking tape and it leaved a nice straight top ring of epoxy on the
> didgeridoo.  Looks nice, and looks intentional, not 'repaired'...   
> Keeps
> you from having to redo the entire finish.
>
> Be sure to clean the old epoxy surface very well inside and out with a
> good cleaning agent like acetone (don't like the stuff but it's  
> good for
> cleaning off the old oils and stuff that will prevent the epoxy from
> adhering to the original surface)...
>
> BTW, I tried using the epoxy putty to make a mouth piece and it worked
> well.  I was able to shape it very easily and all that stuff.  But I
> played the didge shortly after it was hardened (maybe 24 hours) and  
> had
> quite an allergic reaction to the stuff...  My lips were in pretty bad
> shape for quite a while.  So if you do use the wood-type epoxy putty,
> please put a coat of envirotec (or other two-part epoxy) over it  
> before
> playing it.  The wood putty epoxy stuff must be pretty toxic, at least
> to my skin...
>
> Take care all and didge on,
>
> Gusty
>
> Scott 'Gusty' Christensen
>