How To Repair A Chip In A Guitar Finish
In this video I quickly repair a large chip in a black nitrocellulose finish using super glue. Cynoacrylate adhesives can be tinted with dye stains, but I had some Loctite 480 on hand, which is a black CA glue. I used accelerator before application, then several grits of wet and dry sandpaper. Finally I buffed the repair with fine cutting compound and swirl remover.
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I've just rewired this guitar in a new video. I also recorded a track to demo the different tones from the new switching set up. Cheers!
If anyone can learn to do this kind of work competently like this guy, you’ll never be out of work.
Wanted to thank you, I saw this a coupe years ago and saved it. This past year, I sold a 2014 Dave Murray signature strat that was like new. When I opened the case to clean it I voticed a tiny chip. I was pissed and ready to let the buyer know but I thought, screw it I'm trying this. I had already purchased the 480 and had it on hand. I tried it, and Success! No way to tell the difference. It polished up nicely. Thanks!!!!
Excellent , a modest guy who knows what he is talking about.
This is the best video I've seen for this kind of repair. Very informative and easy to follow. Thank you.
Thank you very much for your tutorial. After watching this, I attempted some repairs with Loctite 480 on a black Explorer. Some of the chips were along the edges and corners of the guitar, which made "sculpting" the hardened glue a bit more tedious, but overall doable. Here's what I noticed though: When wetsanding the Loctite, there was a formation of tiny black grains on the sandpaper and I could start to see wood showing back up. However, these grains were not the acrylate per se - it was just the black color compound. The Loctite was still intact, it just started losing color. That was really confusing. I ended up removing the Loctite, painting the exposed wood black and then covering the now painted wood again with Loctite. That worked perfectly.
Best repair video I've seen. I have been screwing up repairs for about three years now. I finally. did it!
Superb video and process, no wild “click-bait” claims.
Nice tip. Just used this technique on 92 les paul studio in black. Worked a treat
Brilliant repair!
Good stuff. Just what I needed to see. Well done.
Cool demo, thanks Rob 👍🏻
Wow what a remarkable improvement 👏
Watching the process is scary - seeing all the damage that is necessary to inflict to fix the problem, but the results are beautiful. I can't say i would dare attempt this after merely watching a video. A ten hour class, at the very least, is what i would want before trying this myself.
Finally a good video on the topic!! Many thanks! :)
That was " Pro-Style " Glad I subscribed. I love learning about doing " All my own work " on my guitars and basses. It came-out beautiful. oNe LovE from NYC
Superb instructions, explanation, repair and camera work! I’m going to try this out myself:)
This worked a treat, many thanks!
That looked wonderful. Especially when you realize that it is on the bottom of the guitar.
Nice job! And the black Loctite 480 tip!!! Right on! subscribed