Ric Finish

bill_yantz · Post by **bill_yantz** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:57 am

What year did Ric start using conversion varnish for the final finish? What did they use prior to that?

bill_yantz · Post by **bill_yantz** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:43 pm

Ping - this has got to be an easy one for Team-Ric.

bill_yantz · Post by **bill_yantz** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:45 pm

Ping. This has got to be an easy one for Team-Ric.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:08 pm

1958 marked the change from nitrocelulose to conversion varnish. (Didn't I just say that in another thread somewhere?)

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:58 pm

Ping. Is there an echo in here? Perhaps two?

bill_yantz · Post by **bill_yantz** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:16 am

Thanks John.

Paul, operator error, as usual.

I will admit, I am a little confused with exactly what conversion varnish is. I will search the archives to refresh.

Would you give me a tip on a small repair. I want to repair two side-by-side nicks on the end of the upper bout slightly to the bottom right of the strap button (Fireglo, late 360). One nick has a small dot of wood showing. Can I fill it and sand to blend and if so what should I use.

Thanks as always.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:56 am

Fireglo...A tough one. You can fill and level the varnish easily, but touching up the FG will prove to be nigh impossible if it's nicked through to the wood.

gjg59 · Post by **gjg59** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:15 am

Mine was certainley not a professinal repair but it worked for me. I had a nasty nick on the bottom of my 95 Fireglow 330. It was down to the bare wood on the lower bout of the guitar on an edge. I matched the color very well going thru my kid's crayon collection. I colored in the nick. I them flowed polyurethane into the are using small drops off a matchstick, drying in between. It gotta was almost undetectable after that.

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:23 am

It's amazing what you can do with crayons. Nail polish is great for touching up gtrs too & it smells better than crayons!