Nailpolish To Repair Poly Guitar Finish?

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Can clear nail polish fill a ding on a poly coated cervix?

• Thread starter Malikon
• Start appointment Oct 4, 2022

• #ane

I dented the back of the neck of my Epi LP this weekend and I was wondering if I could just baste a drib of articulate smash smooth into it to kind of fill information technology in?

I'm not worried about cosmetics, but it'south really aggravating to experience that dent when I'k playing.

Thanks for any communication.

• #2

superglue would work amend....

• #5

I tried the nail polish thing when I dropped my dads guitar as a 14yr old. Information technology ended upward horrible in appearance but functional. I did a bad job though. If I were to and then it now I would practice many thin coats whereas I just blobbed information technology on at the time.

• #7

I have a cheap Tele that I dinged the neck on a few years dorsum, information technology sounds about the aforementioned equally what you are describing. I used the superglue in several thin coats to build it up. I masked of the area with tape and used very fine grades of sandpaper-then I used steel wool to get information technology smoothed out and polished.

I don't even feel it at this indicate.

• #8

I'm not gonna argue with with GW over whether superglue is better, but clear smash shine will work fine if you lot have that & no superglue available. I used clear nail shine to fill a small dent in the '88 I had...yous'll need to do some scraping/buffing/polishing to get it back to smooth, but worth the effort if it'southward annoying you.

• #nine

scraping buffing and polishing?

I'm rethinking how annoyed I am by information technology, it's actually a very small-scale dent.

It was such a light tap too! The first matter I thought was, "My maple necked Strat would not have dented."

Stupid mahogany neck!!

• #x

I jus' brought that up because I know you're not the near...mechanically-inclined member here, I recall you being a lilliputian intimidated by the soldering iron But whatever y'all use to make full the dent volition stick out a little, just enough to still annoy you lot. But keep in mind, we're talking microsurgery here, no power tools needed. I stock-still a small Strat paring with a Sharpie, clear nail smoothen, 600 dust wetordry sandpaper, extra fine scotchbrite-type abrasive pad, & a lilliputian dab of Turtle Wax polishing chemical compound. You tin can do it, due west/o the Sharpie, I'thousand certain of it!

add: BTW, I've got at least one fingernail sized dent in the maple cervix of my 'lx P-bass, fortunately it'southward upwardly towards the headstock were I don't experience it and so much.

• #11

The funny affair is I AM mechanically inclined. I've built cars, computers, multiple houses, bathrooms, kitchens, etc. I fifty-fifty used to have a carburetor on my coffee table I'd take apart and put together when I got bored. And I congenital and sold a ton of Freddy Gloves from scratch. Cut and folding all the copper and contumely, carving out the blades on a grinder, doing all the solder and rivet work, etc. They were pretty awesome!

It's just that when it comes to the guitar I don't like working on it. It's like doing surgery on a friend. Information technology's not that I'm scared I'll mess it up, I just really don't like doing it much. Though I admit later on replacing everything on my Epi I like information technology a lot more and I got over my aversion to working on them.

Simply still it's always in the back of my listen that I'd rather exist playing information technology then messing around with it.

The ding on my Epi neck is so pocket-sized I feel silly complaining about it, but the poly cracked in such a way that at that place'due south like a tiny "shelf" that I experience my skin take hold of on sometimes. Going down the neck it's smooth, but going up the neck every once in awhile yous feel your pollex take hold of on the finish.

• #12

The funny thing is I AM mechanically inclined. I've built cars, computers, multiple houses, bathrooms, kitchens, etc. I even used to accept a carburetor on my coffee table I'd take autonomously and put together when I got bored. And I built and sold a ton of Freddy Gloves from scratch. Cutting and folding all the copper and brass, carving out the blades on a grinder, doing all the solder and rivet work, etc. They were pretty crawly!

It'southward only that when it comes to the guitar I don't like working on information technology. It'south like doing surgery on a friend. It's not that I'thou scared I'll mess it upwards, I simply really don't like doing it much. Though I acknowledge after replacing everything on my Epi I similar it a lot more and I got over my aversion to working on them.

But all the same it's ever in the back of my heed that I'd rather be playing it then messing around with information technology.

The ding on my Epi neck is then small I experience silly lament well-nigh it, but the poly cracked in such a mode that there's like a tiny "shelf" that I feel my pare catch on sometimes. Going down the cervix it'due south smooth, only going up the neck every once in awhile you experience your thumb catch on the finish.

OK, that existence the case, I think if your friend had a boo-boo he couldn't fix himself, he'd appreciate you helping him out in that case.

• #13

I already did it with clear blast shine...and it looked fine...

• #xiv

Try a petty steam oestrus. Either use a steam iron with a damp fabric over the wood or a soldering iron. But go slowly at it and so as non to burn the wood & make it worse. You'll be surprised how the dent will expand & disappear. If you're hell bent on "filling it" use super mucilage & put it on in several layers every bit wa suggested. Seriously though, try the steam, I've removed a lot of large dings that way...

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