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Ric Finish
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:57 am
by bill_yantz
What year did Ric start using conversion varnish for the final finish? What did they use prior to that?
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:43 pm
by bill_yantz
Ping - this has got to be an easy one for Team-Ric.
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:45 pm
by bill_yantz
Ping. This has got to be an easy one for Team-Ric.
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:08 pm
by johnhall
1958 marked the change from nitrocelulose to conversion varnish. (Didn't I just say that in another thread somewhere?)
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:58 pm
by jingle_jangle
Ping. Is there an echo in here? Perhaps two?
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:16 am
by bill_yantz
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:56 am
by jingle_jangle
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:15 am
by gjg59
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:23 am
by tony_carey
It's amazing what you can do with crayons. Nail polish is great for touching up gtrs too & it smells better than crayons!