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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

RicOSoundMan wrote: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.

+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.

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

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