Amateur Acoustic Guitar Repair

KelvinS1965

Looking good there Hyperfish. I'm sure you'll be able to wet sand that run out once it's hardened, then buff it up again. Done it often myself, especially when I got a new spray gun and wasn't used to the feel of it...you soon learn though.

hyperfish

Yep, just enough would be great but out of the two alternatives I reckon too much is better than not enough. Minimises the risk of cutting through when sanding.

hyperfish

Sanding the finish today. I didn't fancy spending several hours hand sanding the whole body, so I tried the random orbit sander where I could.


I had to keep it moving quite quickly to make sure I didn't cut through but I got away with it. The top and back took about 3 minutes. The sides were not easily accessible with the sander so I did those by hand. Then I wet sanded the  body and sides with 1200 grit.


A quick wipe with a damp cloth.


Then I went in with T-Cut on the drill mounted buffer sponge.


All the orange peel and runs are now levelled out.


But a wipe down with Ronson fluid shows a few blemishes that need redoing.


..and then while carrying it I bumped it on the corner of the worktop and did this, FS.


Which I have drop filled and waiting for it to dry.

hyperfish

Repaired the odd blemish.
Carefully strip sanded the dent I drop filled yesterday.


Flattened the scratches with T-Cut again before cleaning.


Then tucked away to dry after another light clear coat.

Axl

That looks brilliant mate.  Don't want to patronise the guy but hope he appreciates what you've done, that's excellent work.

hyperfish

Thanks. I think he'll understand when he gets pics on this. 250  so far.

hyperfish

I bought a cheap replacement pickguard but the quality wasn't anywhere near that of the original which got wrinkled during removal. So I decided to try and repair it.
Sandwiched between a chopping board and a baking tray, heated the tray with the hair dryer and clamped tight.


That fixed the wrinkles.


Buffed out the scratches with T-Cut.


Worked out fine, I'll polish it later.

hyperfish

Sanding down the finish again.
Wet sanding with 1200 grit until flattened.


Worried about cutting through, I decided to skip T-Cut and go straight for Meguiars.


That worked out fine.

hyperfish

Removed the masking from the bridge and cleaned with Ronson.


Fitted the soft pad and then polished.


Cleaned and oiled the fretboard.

hyperfish

Lubed the nut.


Oiled the bridge


A new set of bridge pins and my favourite strings.


The action was great but the neck needed a small adjustment.


I decided to have ten minutes on it to see what it was like. That turned into an hour. These guitars are really nice to play.