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I've posted this on other forums and in other threads on this forum. So I figured I'd make a thread for whatever reason lol.
The FedEx guy dropped it at my front door and cracked the neck. Smh.
Before I repaired it
When I glued up the crack, the finish had a step where it didn't line up perfectly. So I attempted to sand it down and even it up. Not realizing there was no clear coat, I went straight through the color coat.
First attempt to cover it was with a cherry red lacquer pen from Stewmac. The color was spot-on but the more coats I dabbed on, the nastier it looked due to all the lumps. Every time I'd try to sand down the lacquer, I'd sand through it again. So I eventually bought a spray can of cherry red lacquer from Stewmac, hoping it was the same color as the pen. It was! Sweet!
So I let the can warm up for a few hours, taped up the guitar with a very quick tape job, and gave it a coat of lacquer over the stock polyester? finish. Surprisingly, it came out perfectly slick with no fish eye and no trash in it.
So I sprayed 3 more coats over the next 3-4 hours, waiting an hour between coats like it suggested on the can. It was 74* with under 30% humidity in here so it dried quickly. The results were astonishing, to say the least. I never imagined it would turn out as good as it did. I'm completely and totally satisfied with the results.
I doubt I could've done a better job, tbh. I stopped at 4 coats because I could tell it was building up along the tape line at the binding and I didn't want a huge edge right there. I probably could've hidden it a little better with a few more coats but it looked good to me so I stopped there.
One Pic of the first coat and then the finished product. Unfortunately, I didn't get a good Pic of the repair area before I sprayed the first coat. You can still see where the wood grain was visible in the first Pic. It's the lighter area "between the cracks".
The FedEx guy dropped it at my front door and cracked the neck. Smh.
Before I repaired it
When I glued up the crack, the finish had a step where it didn't line up perfectly. So I attempted to sand it down and even it up. Not realizing there was no clear coat, I went straight through the color coat.
First attempt to cover it was with a cherry red lacquer pen from Stewmac. The color was spot-on but the more coats I dabbed on, the nastier it looked due to all the lumps. Every time I'd try to sand down the lacquer, I'd sand through it again. So I eventually bought a spray can of cherry red lacquer from Stewmac, hoping it was the same color as the pen. It was! Sweet!
So I let the can warm up for a few hours, taped up the guitar with a very quick tape job, and gave it a coat of lacquer over the stock polyester? finish. Surprisingly, it came out perfectly slick with no fish eye and no trash in it.
So I sprayed 3 more coats over the next 3-4 hours, waiting an hour between coats like it suggested on the can. It was 74* with under 30% humidity in here so it dried quickly. The results were astonishing, to say the least. I never imagined it would turn out as good as it did. I'm completely and totally satisfied with the results.
I doubt I could've done a better job, tbh. I stopped at 4 coats because I could tell it was building up along the tape line at the binding and I didn't want a huge edge right there. I probably could've hidden it a little better with a few more coats but it looked good to me so I stopped there.
One Pic of the first coat and then the finished product. Unfortunately, I didn't get a good Pic of the repair area before I sprayed the first coat. You can still see where the wood grain was visible in the first Pic. It's the lighter area "between the cracks".
No pics, though. Maybe later. Recovering from a migraine headache currently. 
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