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1970 d-18 patch
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1970 d-18 patch
Hey!
I have been working on repairing a d-18 that had a large hole in the side. I glued in a backer, cleaned up the edges and after a few attempts got a patch glued in and leveled. I have been testing finish on some scrap but am getting lost in the woods. In my tests I am doing most of the color in the grain fill. Does anyone have tips on how to start touching this up? Thanks!
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Tell me about the grain filler you are using ?
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I have the stew Mac water base grain fill in neutral. So far I have only experimented w the stew Mac stuff. I mixed some up and used tobacco brown primarily and some vintage amber and a micro dot of red. I did buy the Nazareth stain as well, it seems like that is tobacco brown with some red?
I also have 4f pumice that I have used tru oil with in the past for pore fill. I could bust that out and experiment with it.
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I did a repair on this Martin and had to sand the entire side and refinish. I found this was the best way for me to get a good result. I could have tried spot finishing but I’m sure I wouldn’t have been able to blend it that well.
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Wow! That turned out great. What a beautiful repair
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Man, that looks tight !
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Nice work George. I’m sure this was a very very happy client!
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Corey, wanted to add. The degree of difficulty on this one is high for mahogany. Light color, looks pretty chatoyant. When you are making up your test boards, I would include adding some light dye to bare wood. I’m thinking vintage amber with maybe a micro skosh of medium brown. <transtint.
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Thanks Ian 🙏, I will give this a try!
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In my experience, it’s much less effort to refinish the entire sides than the hours invested in blending this patch. The binding provides a clean edge between finishes to mask any subtle differences.
btw – very nice work on this patch – looking great!
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The patch took three tries total, it sure was tedious! The touch up is something I hope to learn more about as my previous attempts in the past were pretty ugly. That being said if it gets out of control I will consider the whole side (I could use practice with that too).
Luckily this is a guitar I bought for practice so I can work slowly on it.
I really appreciate your insight! I hope my work will be as good as yours one day!
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Now that I look at it, try adding a micro skosh of blue. There seems to be a bit of a magenta quality.
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Thanks for the time today, I am very grateful for the group and your expertise. That was a lot of fun
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