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Location: Los Angeles, CA | . . . ok so I'm an idiot. In my zeal to play my guitar I took it a bit too quickly out of it's case and. . . stuff happened. So now I have a quarter inch long ding on the top. Took a bit of the black paint off. And yes it still sounds awesome!
Can someone give me advice on how to "cover up my sins?" |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Absolutely hate it when that happens!
The black polane (sp) paint is neither gloss nor flat. I had asked a similiar question some time back and Ciff and Dave took off talking about nail polish and cross dressing. I ended up stripping the guitar and bringing out the natural grain! Found out my Breadwinner started as a red Deacon. Now it is amber.
You should have more fortune - Customer service will be the best long term fix for a divot of any size. For small chips the nail polish is probably a good quick fix.
Does someone know what the formulation or Trade name of the black polane paint is or where to get it? |
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Location: Everett, Wa | Polane is a solvent thinned poly-urethane coating. Just tell your paint shop it's a poly-urethane. Good for coating thicknesses (sp?) of up to 1 Mil. (.001 of an inch) |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Sounds like a great answer. And from one of my Northwest Brothers, even!
Where is jWa? |
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Location: Tampa, FL | The directions are complex |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Also, don't wait to fix it, because dirt and oils windup in the crack or chip, and it becomes more of stabilization of the paint than a complete fix. Some people won't fix every little dent and ding though, because that's character. I suppose this is like when you have a new car and someone dings it in the parking lot, the first one is a big deal. But then after ten years, it's like, well, that's an interesting dent... |
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Location: NJ | . . . in other words,
keep your crack clean
or cover it up!! |
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Location: Midland, MI | One word. DAP. |
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Location: Everett, Wa | Hey MWoody, I'm in Everett, about 30 miles north of Seattle. Where you from?? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | The Kitsap peninsula! Otherwise known as the Glacial hardpan between the Olympics and the Cascades!
I hope to hold a couple of NW OFC get togethers when the weather gets better. |
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Location: Los Angeles, CA | Thanks all, I'll see if I can patch my "baby" up.
I have fond memories of WA. I lived there for a couple of years, first in Lacey, then in Kirkland. Loved the people there. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Greetings from s.b. |
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Help!! Dinged my EliteT. . .
