Finish patch up

[RicOSoundMan]

I have a Maple-glo 3000 that has 2 small chips in the finish. One is about the size of a dime the other smaller. I want to protect the wood the best I can. I have a friend who does refinishing with furniture, and does't know that much about guitar finishes. He asked me to ask my fellew Ric Freaks about what to do/use.

It is a 1976

Thanks for the help

Andrew

[johnallg]

I have a Maple-glo 3000 that has 2 small chips in the finish. One is about the size of a dime the other smaller. I want to protect the wood the best I can. I have a friend who does refinishing with furniture, and does't know that much about guitar finishes. He asked me to ask my fellew Ric Freaks about what to do/use.

It is a 1976

Thanks for the help

Andrew

Andy, somewhere in the Curmudge forum he's answered this - search for clear nail polish.

[ram]

+1 on what John says. I have used clear fingernail polish on my MG. Friends have used it to repair small nicks - they match the color (usually taking a girl friend along to do this) and take time (many layers if necessary) to build up to the orig finish level.

[RicOSoundMan]

I know John you told me of the clear nail polish thing and i was gonna use it. Then at work we got into this discussion of furniture refinishing and this guy I work with does refinish jobs. I told him of the nail polish and he said he would reasearch into guitar finishes as different types etc...... He couldn't find anything ( I don't know how hard he looked either )

I will look thru there again in the carmudgen section. He thought it was a polymer type finish. And he is interested in doing a real nice job and stuff.

Yeah you saw the dings John

Thanks for the input

Andy

[kiramdear]

The factory still uses furniture grade urethane varnish, but the transition has begun to non-yellowing UV cured finishes.