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Location: Fairfax, VA | Well, with my backplate and pickups on the way and a working deacon so close I can literally taste it (and have actually found myself unable to sleep the last two nights for wanting to tinker), I'm turning to the last big item needed to really revitalize my Deacon: the finish
Unfortunately whoever had it before me put it through some serious abuse including several large dings in the body and a broken off (but repaired, sort of--I wouldn't have repaired it that sloppily) corner of the headstock's lip (what's the official OFC term for that? A duckbill?).
I know the finish on the Deacon is some kind of thick, super-glossy polyester. The dings don't appear to be all the way through to the wood except in one case and even that I'm not certain of.
Can anyone provide a primer on fixing body dings on this guitar, recommend which finishing products to use, etc? |
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Location: GA USA | Sorry. Nobody here has experience with refinishing solid bodies. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Well.. I can tell you how to strip one.. the finishing part is still under investigation (or to put it another way... too nervous to start!). At this point it looks like I'm going to use Tru-oil for the finish.
I had numerous dings, dents and scratches on the Preacher that I'm working on. When I stripped it, there was one small visible dent in the wood.
MWoody has done alot of finishing work and has provided me with good advice so far. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | The solids use a Poly finish which isn't "meltable" like lacquer so it is difficult to repair.
Cyano glues or inlay epoxy can be used to fill small scratches and dents. Mostly the solids will have impact dents with air holes and such. If you sand out and fill with another epoxy you will still see the old/new material lines.
A complete strip and refinish is usually what is warranted. If you can spray using High Solids equipment in a dust free containment that is preferred but I don't have a booth.
My options are spray can lacquer or oils.
You can remove a lot of scratches with the polishing abrasives from Stewmac. They come in 2400-12000 grits. |
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Location: NJ | By seeing some of cwk2's finished projects, I can attest that the StewMac spray lacquer does a VERY nice job! . . . |
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Location: Fairfax, VA | The impact dents are exactly as you've described. I'm wondering if this might fix them:
http://www.woodfinisherssource.com/cart/tek9.asp?pg=products&specif... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | It looks like interesting stuff.
You could always try it and strip the body if it doesn't work out. |
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Location: Fairfax, VA | Well, it's apparently intended to be used on polyester furniture and piano finishes. I think that it might fill in okay. Hopefully when I go to prep the dings I'm not going to find that they're down to the wood. I don't think they are. |
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Solidbody refinishing...