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mrMagenta -> finish restoration (Jan. 20 2007 0:20:08)

Ever since i've been a kid i've been bad to my fathers acoustic guitar. It's not an expencive guitar, but I still feel bad about the dents and damage i have caused on it through the years, and would like to restore it and return it to my father. The finnish below the strings (what would be the pickguard area) is messed up, it's practically bare to the wood and a bit torn.

the guitar has a matte very thin finish, looks like it only has a single coat of something... it doesn't need to be very sophisticated as i plan to cover it with a golpeador that has a slight texture to it. Any ideas on what i could use to cover the damage? would linseed oil be a good idea?



TANúñez -> RE: finish restoration (Jan. 20 2007 1:36:02)

Is this a steel string? Linseed oil wouldn't do a thing. Why not go all out and just completely refinish the whole top and put a nice tap plate?

Does your Father still play it, if he does, I think it would be worth it to go this route. If he doesn't play it anymore, I wouldn't go through all the trouble.



JBASHORUN -> RE: finish restoration (Jan. 20 2007 12:40:14)

If you wanted to re-finish the front of the guitar, you would have to scrape the existing finish off with a cabinet scraper, then apply something new.

The only problem would be whether the wood UNDERNEATH the finishing is badly damaged. If so, you might have to sand it back or try and fill the dents.

Alternatively, you could just stick a white golpeadore (tapping scratchplate) over the damaged area, but that would be cheating...

Jb



mrMagenta -> RE: finish restoration (Jan. 22 2007 2:21:48)

Thanks for the help!

The guitar is a nylonstring. It sounds quite nice for what it is, bright and clear, even though it has a horrible glued plastic nut (which i'd like ot exchange too). It's a rare thing that my father picks up any guitar, so it's mostly of sentimental value. i always play it when i'm visiting though :). It's pretty handy as a quick pick up and play guitar, it has adapted to dry climate without cracking, bending or getting loose frets, never been kept in a case etc.

The top is 3,3 mm thick, and i guess at worst there are 0.3mm rifts/dents. so, if i would sand down a bit should i just go about it by hand, using a sandingbrick? I'd like to do a decent job.. would be a good learning experience if nothing else.

I thought about a colored golpeador, but it would look a bit nutty. :)



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