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Permalink Reply by JL on February 9, 2017 at 4:39am

If the top is thin enough I use both halves of the grommet and the setting tool.  If its thicker I use just half and superglue it in place.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on February 9, 2017 at 3:03pm

Don't bother with grommets, unless you just like the look. Just carefully sand the soundhole edge smooth. Most acoustic gits, while they have a pretty surround of plastic, wood, or abalone, usually just have a smooth sanded soundhole edge. No metal (unless you're building a resonator)...

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on February 9, 2017 at 6:33pm

If you use superglue, go find a product at a hobby store called ZIP Kicker. It causes CA/superglues to set in a second. Oh, and buy medium CA.. it's cheaper than the tiny bottles at the store...

And yes, I use CA/superglue for my grommets...

I hold my grommet in place and drip superglue into the gap from the bottom. A quick spray of zip kicker and done. Baking soda works, too. a sprinkle in the glue causes it to firm up. That's a great way to reinforce the corner of an iffy box.

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Permalink Reply by Janis Wilson Hughes on February 11, 2017 at 4:22am

I've always used 2 part epoxy to glue them on, but it looks like I could just use super glue.

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