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1911 Gibson archtop pickguard repair
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1911 Gibson archtop pickguard repair
Hoping to repair the original pickguard. Customer isn’t fussy about methodology and understands that a new pickguard might be the ultimate outcome. Anyone have ideas of how to repair this one?
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Repairing that old guard may be an exercise in futility. It looks pretty crumbly and it seems like you could fix one spot, just to have another spot break off.
If you’re looking for good replacement material, I just put a new link in the usefull links section for axiominc. Their guard material is going to be redder than that, but you can modify the color a little with dyes+thinner.
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Thanks, Ian!
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Make sure to post pictures of the one you made. It looks fantastic.
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Thanks!
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Here is the one I made
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What Ian said.
We don’t try to repair these. It looks to me like you’re dealing with celluloid rot. I’m not aware of anything that can stop it. The rot just keeps rotting and it’ll attack nearby finish & hardware as it does.
Even the varnish finishes.
All that to say, a repair is probably temporary and may end up doing more harm than good in the long term.
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Thanks a lot, Ryan!
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