How can I make my own white dot inlays?
I have this old banjo mandoline and its dot inlays are just white stickers covering the holes. One of the stickers is missing and I actually want to replace all of the stickers by proper dot inlays. However, most companies (e.g. Allparts) sell their inlays by packs of 100 and I only need 4 (2X +/- 5.5mm - 7/32" & 2x +/- 8mm - 5/16”)...
So any tips on materials from which I can make the dot inlays, how-to's or a webstore which sells them individually?
Many thanks!
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You can make these a number of ways:
simplest: buy from any one of the hundreds of shops online that sell them (even though Allparts sells them by the 100, that's still around )
speak to a local luthier and ask if you can buy some from them
cut them from any flat white plastic (or any colour) - a hole punch of the right diameter is useful here
paint them - acrylic paint dripped into the hole, allowed to dry, and repeated until the hole is almost full, and then lacquer layered in on top
My recommendation is to go with the bag of 50 or 100 from an online shop. You may well mess up your first one or two, and it's not much money anyway.
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