Touch up for '87 MID finish?
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Touch up for '87 MID finish?
Any ideas? Some kinda nail polish perhaps? *ducks n runs*
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Re: Touch up for '87 MID finish?
MIDs vary, as any longtime Rick observer knows.
I don't see anything wrong with finding one or more nail polishes that could be mixed to match. Make sure anything you mix together is all lacquer (there are some water-based nail polishes out there).
A second caveat: If the finish is really nicked up, you could have a perfect match and a nail polish touchup will still look awful due to the number of nicks, which interrupt the highlights and make the instrument look pocked. So, moderation is called for.
I don't see anything wrong with finding one or more nail polishes that could be mixed to match. Make sure anything you mix together is all lacquer (there are some water-based nail polishes out there).
A second caveat: If the finish is really nicked up, you could have a perfect match and a nail polish touchup will still look awful due to the number of nicks, which interrupt the highlights and make the instrument look pocked. So, moderation is called for.
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Re: Touch up for '87 MID finish?
Just out of curiosity what about the touch-up material for car dents and scratches? Better/worse than nail polish?
Re: Touch up for '87 MID finish?
I was wondering about that, given that I have even less experience with nail polish (zero) than I do with car touch up paint (next to zero).cassius987 wrote:Just out of curiosity what about the touch-up material for car dents and scratches? Better/worse than nail polish?