Sudden Rough Spot On Nitro Finish?

[ItsaBass]

Re: Sudden Rough Spot On Nitro Finish?

It's worth remembering that nail polish is mostly nitro, and can be easily obtained in both clear and a wide range of colours. It's ideal for small nitro repairs, dries quickly, sands easily and polishes back to a shine easily too. You can 'build' thickness if needed with repeated applications.

It is true that nail polishes are good for small lacquer repairs. They are especially good when there's a chip that needs to be filled. But for what I am envisioning in this case, a light dusting of spray lacquer might work better. The point wouldn't necessarily be to add a lot of lacquer as a filler, but rather to smooth and transition the marks left from smoothing the blemish. It's the same thing I would do after touching up with nail polish, if I was filling a chip or a gouge: at least a little bit of spray lacquer on top of the repair so that it transitions better into the old finish. In fact, I just did this last week when restoring some old family furniture from the '50's. I filled in various blemishes in the wood with clearcoat nail polish, transitioned that into the original finish as well as I could with sanding, then sprayed the entire surface with Deft, and polished that.

 

[astrozombie]

Re: Sudden Rough Spot On Nitro Finish?

I sanded it with 1000, 1500 ,2000 and 2500 paper. I used wax and polish, I used rubbing compound.

it basically looks like nothing ever happened to it.

thanks guys!!!

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Sudden Rough Spot On Nitro Finish?

Awesome.

 

[Boogie Bill]

Re: Sudden Rough Spot On Nitro Finish?

Congrats!

I'd suggest using carnauba wax on it often to protect what's left of the finish.

Bill

 

[Taz Rules]

Re: Sudden Rough Spot On Nitro Finish?

Glad to hear it.

Its always nice when you can keep it looking new. (Or get it back there after an oops!)

 

[astrozombie]

Re: Sudden Rough Spot On Nitro Finish?

Congrats!

I'd suggest using carnauba wax on it often to protect what's left of the finish.

Bill

Glad to hear it.

Its always nice when you can keep it looking new. (Or get it back there after an oops!)

Taz, I can't thank you enough for your advice on the subject, the process was easy to understand and the desired results were easily achieved.

Would this also work for getting our minor dents?

I didn't use polishing compound because I don't have it at the moment. I did use a rubbing compound as well as carnauba wax and guitar polish. any other way to get this feeling slicker than hell?


thank you for confirming i can use wax bill!

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Sudden Rough Spot On Nitro Finish?

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Sudden Rough Spot On Nitro Finish?

it basically looks like nothing ever happened to it.

Yay!!!

 

[Taz Rules]

Re: Sudden Rough Spot On Nitro Finish?

Taz, I can't thank you enough for your advice on the subject, the process was easy to understand and the desired results were easily achieved.

Would this also work for getting our minor dents?

I didn't use polishing compound because I don't have it at the moment. I did use a rubbing compound as well as carnauba wax and guitar polish. any other way to get this feeling slicker than hell?


thank you for confirming i can use wax bill!

No prob. I responded to your PM btw. Its in your inbox. Get some polish and hit that spot. It should come out if you aren't to the bare wood. (If you do get down to the wood, the spray lacquer suggestions made by other members are excellent and will work well.) After the polish, use glaze. However long you spend with the rubbing compound, double that with the polish. However long with the polish, double that with the glaze. If you respray, do not wax for 30 days over the fresh clear. After that, a coat of wax will hide minor imperfections and protect your guitar finish as well.

As for dents, I'm afraid not. That requires filler, which will then requires primer. If you are over bare wood, you would forever see the repair. There are some excellent wood fillers out there, some of which do not require primer and can be cleared over. But they are never perfect, and if you know where the repair is, you will always see it. But it will look much better, and maybe even well hidden to an untrained eye. If on a painted section, then you could fill and prime, then either do a color blend or just respray the whole unit. If you have a transparent or candy finish, you lose the color blend option. Especially if the wood grain is visible. Any repair will hide the grain totally in that spot. The only option to avoid filler is to literally sand the dent completely out. Which means you either have a dip where you sanded, or you take the entire surface away down to the depth of the dent and your guitar is forever that much thinner. SERIOUSLY NOT RECOMMENDED!!! Of course, this would require an entire refinish, as well.

FWIW, I'm better with metal and fiberglass than I am with wood. So someone else (anyone else, probably) will be able to give you much better advice on dents in wood.