• Cleatus - Crack Repair System - Music City Bridge
  • Cleatus - Crack Repair System - Music City Bridge
  • Cleatus - Crack Repair System - Music City Bridge
  • Cleatus - Crack Repair System - Music City Bridge
  • Cleatus - Crack Repair System - Music City Bridge
  • Cleatus - Crack Repair System - Music City Bridge
  • Cleatus - Crack Repair System - Music City Bridge
  • Cleatus - Crack Repair System - Music City Bridge
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Cleatus™ - Crack Repair System

Cleatus™ - Crack Repair System

$50.00 CAD
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Cleatus is an instrument repair system for precisely and accurately installing cleats.

The Cleatus Kit contains:

  • Cleat Placement Tool
  • Viewing Film
  • Spruce Cleats x10
  • Rosewood Cleats x5
  • Mahogany Cleats x5

Cleatus allows you to perfectly install cleats using a viewing film so you can see through the wood. 

When installing cleats, it’s essential for the grain of the cleat to be perpendicular to the grain of the instrument. The cleat should also cover as much of the crack as possible. Cleatus makes this painless.

How it works…

The Cleatus Kit contains precision wood cleats, viewing film, and a placement tool.

The cleats are designed to fit perfectly within the placement tool. This allows for consistent orientation and exact location.

 

The placement tool has a standoff height that keeps the cleat away from the instrument until you’re ready to place it. This keeps glue from being smudged on the inside of the instrument. 

The placement tool creates an impression on the viewing film that moves with the device, once the impression is lined up with the crack, so is the cleat. Your cleat can be placed in the correct direction and location.

 



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Ben
Clever concept

The lower bout on my Martin 000 had a crack. Though I didn't anticipate that it would expand, I thought it worthy to stabilize with cleats, hence my purchase of the Cleatus system. What I discovered was that I was unable to reach inside the guitar to place the cleat holder and cleat. I switched to plan B using a set of neodyminium magnets, tac putty, and glue, I was able to place three cleats across the crack with the strength of the magnets securing things until the glue dried. Being able to position the outside magnet above the crack made locating and positioning and gluing the cleat an easy process. I left things in place for sufficient time for the glue to set, removed the magnets and repositioned and repeated for the other two cleats. I hope I don't need to use the repair system on other guitars but I'm keeping it in case. Nice product. Reasonable price. Quick shipping. Buy it if you need to do this type repair.

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Beth Clemons
Great product

Easy to use for people with no previous experience. Worked great in a Martin Backpacker.
Shipping was super fast. Thanks!

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Tim Burton
Cleatus, work smarter not harder

I just did my very first crack repair and was researching different cleat methods available and settled on the Cleatus. Without it I’m absolutely sure I would have struggled to get the proper orientation to the crack. With the Cleatus my fix went incredibly well, I felt like I was working smarter and not harder.

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Ernest Montague

item came to my address quickly, no issues. thank you.

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Paul Fairbanks
Cleatus to the rescue

I ordered these after my guitar developed a humidity crack on the top. I am confident that these will do the trick. They arrived on time and work well with magnet repairs I found on youtube.

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George Dean

Cleatus™ - Crack Repair System

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Andy Winnegar
I liked them but with the cross braces didn’t fit

The two hairline cracks on the top of the Modern Martin under the bridge were cross braced not leaving enough room for the film to work.

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Thomas Wilkinson

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Bill Neumann
Crack repair

The Cleatus system worked perfectly! I was able to use the film and tool to place the cleat exactly over the crack after rehumidifying and gluing the crack itself. The repair was successful and feels solid thanks to the cleatus system! Thanks!!

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James Wihksne
Cleats

Your cleats made repairing my old Martin d28 top a breeze… will order again as required …thx

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