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Happy little accident: Guild neck finish repair
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Happy little accident: Guild neck finish repair
Oh, the shame. I knew my mistake the second I tied off the surgical tubing that was being used to clamp multiple cracks and breaks that ran halfway down the neck of this Early 80’s Guild D-55. I muttered “Lets hope it doesn’t stick too bad”.. (It stuck, and it stuck really, really bad.)
The mistake I’m referring to is failing to sandwich some wax paper between the finish and the surgical tubing. I was making pressured contact directly to the lacquer with something that is known to cause a reaction.
First, I hate finish work. I chronically end around a 6 or 7 out of 10 compared to my desired results. I need more practice but it never seems like a good time to practice. I’m always liking the “before & after” posts on Instagram, amazed at the transformation and wondering what I have to do to get results like that. (I know, I know, practice.) Let this post act as my commitment to that.
After talking with Ian briefly about this conundrum, he asked me to post about it on the forum. As I progress through building up some skills and ultimately move through this repair, I’ll post updates of progress and challenges.
Now, I call upon the hive mind of Ding Kings and Wizards of Finish. Lend me your tips, tricks, and advice.
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Hey, I thought I’d try a little extra time machine advice incase anyone runs into this again. You might have hit this with some hot water to free it from the finish. Not sure if it would have worked or if you tried it and it didn’t. It would also depend on the adhesive.
- I would normalize the wound into one large wound so you aren’t trying to edge all those little islands of finish that will become dark with overspray
- I would heap on a generous amount of fill n finish thin as a sealer.
- I would sand back the sealer so that it was level and in doing so I would taper back the color layer around the edges such that it made a gradient of color.
- I would airbrush on color with matte lacquer. I would do some testing, but probably a mixture of transtint medium brown and tobacco brown.
- Clear Coat, buff it out and slap a high five.
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Thanks so much for the tips!
Good call on the hot water; makes a lot of sense.
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BTW I have done this before.
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Eek! That’s never easy to swallow but good news is you probably won’t make that mistake again. At least not exactly like that. I’ve gotten halfway decent at finish work because of similar situations I’ve gotten myself into.
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Yeah, this is definitely the last time. I do my best to repeat the words “Learning experience” every time something like this happens! Next time, I’ll abide better by the law of proper planning prevents piss poor performance. 😆
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I’m doing touch up on a Guild today myself. Just started. It always looks like shit off the bat. Don’t get discouraged just keep mixing and trying till it starts to look right is my approach
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