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Guild JF30 Touchups…
Hey all,
I have a Guild JF30 in my shop that needs some sizeable touchups. The goal is to get this looking better, not necessarily perfect. I’m not particularly good at refinish work and this guitar has some rather sizeable dings. Any general suggestions on getting this to look better? There are four major locations that I’m concerned with. The headstock, the back of the neck, the ding in the lower bout of the guitar, and the mark in the soundhole (which I tried to superglue since it was split and ended up making it worse).
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Before I hit you with any advice. Grab some Naptha and take a picture of it wet. Make sure that the crumbling lacquer is as saturated as is possible and take a picture of the affliction as close as possible.
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Hey Ian, I grabbed some more pictures with some naphtha saturating the two main areas on the body and headstock. I also took some better photos of the heel and soundhole.
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Looks like the color is getting dark where the naptha is penetrating, which means that any solvent is going to make it dark. This can make this project super tricky. It’s also super tricky already because it’s in the fade of a sunburst. How much experience do you have with an airbrush ?
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Unfortunately not any. I have sprayed nitro in the past and have gotten good results, but the only compressor I have now is a little 6 gallon pancake which I’m guessing doesn’t have the capacity needed to use an air brush, although I could be wrong. I was thinking about some combination of stain and maybe giving Glu-Boost a try, but I’m skeptical about how satisfying that would ultimately be.
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Without a ton of care, it will get dark with what you’re fixing to try. Darker than normal touchup, in my opinion, almost always looks worse than the original damage.
How far are you from the NYC ?
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About 3-1/2 hours. Maybe we can have a Zoom chat…
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