Repair And Restoration
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vintage finish repair
This is my mid 50’s LG-1. I had the back off to replace the bridge plate and one of the braces. I’ve got it all back together now but I’m lacking the knowledge to make my work disappear. I was using amber CA glue to color the binding but that didn’t seem like the proper route so now I’m scraping, filing and sanding that back off and starting over. I watched Doug Proper’s demonstration on liquid binding repair and that did have a lot of useful information as far as coloring the binding to match, but my situation is obviously not the same. I’m looking for help repairing the finish on the sides and back as well. Mahogany, beautiful checking, some areas where I’ve accidentally scraped some of the finish off. Once I get the CA leveled and I’m ready to repair what’s my approach? Do I need to sand the entire side and back to the same grit in order to get an even polish? Is 1000 grit fine enough to polish from? Polish by hand with what? Thanks in advance! I’ve been here since Ian started this just haven’t really taken y’all up for the support yet. Here are some pics:
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I should mention:
pic 1 the untouched binding is on the left, the binding I’m working on is on the right.
pic 2 same
pic 3 is the back. I’ve done some sanding there with 300 grit
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Hi Dean,
Great to see you here. How much experience do you have with finish repair work? If not much, this seems like a very difficult one to start with. Do you have other guitars that you could practice on? Also, consider coming to the loothalong. Or one of the Council of Elders meetings where you could present this guitar for discussion and input.
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Also I am guessing that some of the guys on here who have vintage restoration experience will suggest shellac with trans tints for color. I personally like the Mohawk line of finish repair products but most on here would advise you to use materials that are more period correct than that.
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Dean this would be a good one to go over in a zoom meet rather than trying to type it all out. Are you in a hurry for this project to be done ? This could make a really nice council of elders.
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Weird. I replied yesterday but my reply has somehow disappeared. Okay I’ll try again
Thanks for replying to my issues. This job is pushing my skills in finish repair but I am ready for the challenge. I’ve been building and repairing instruments as a hobby for 10-12 years now. Been a carpenter and a builder for 25 years or so. I’ve had the back of this guitar off and back on successfully. It’s my guitar, the risk of damaging it are all mine. I’ve mulled this over from time to time long enough and I’m ready to finish the job. When do you want to council this Ian?
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Awesome ! Here is the link for the COE questionnaire. I’ll make sure we get to it first thing in the next segment.
Edit. We do COE the first week of every month.
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link?
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https://dev.loothgroup.com/submit-council-of-elders-questions/
Sorry about that. It’s also on the top left hand side of the Feed page.
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