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09-06-2006, 11:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Paris, France | | | filling cracks in finish - what with?
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hiyall!
bought this Warwick Infinity 5 for silly money, but it came with these: http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h2...gAnch=imgAnch1 http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h2...t=2f360a27.jpg
please don't tell me to sand the finish... i did it once on another Warwick, and i didn't like it, it was like sanding 2mm thick glass!
i was thinking about CA or epoxy, but would be more than gratefull for any other suggestion.
cheers,
zoran |
09-06-2006, 12:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: coastal N.C. | | | Ok. Without sanding it down before you apply a new finish, it doesn't matter. It's going to look like crap anyway so waste something cheap on it.
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09-06-2006, 01:51 PM
| | | | You're not going to be able to fill those craters with something simple. You'll have to do some real work. Any quick fix will still show and look just as bad. I suggest you take it to a furniture refinisher and see what he says.
I've been working on furniture for years. That's not a simple job. |
09-07-2006, 01:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Paris, France | | | thanks for your time, guys!
i think i'll just stabilize the spot and cracks with something simple - found a free-flow loctite c/a for glass repair that i've tested at the back of the bass, and it went well.
i've decided to sand it when i'll have time and nerves for it, but hope that this at least would keep the humidity out...
thanks again,
cheers,
zoran |
09-07-2006, 02:11 AM
| | | | Yes, sanding that stuff completely off is the long way of doing it and strippers (at least those easily available) won't touch it. The easiest way to get those tough poly finishes off is a heat gun, and there's plenty of sanding left to do afterwords. |
09-07-2006, 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted by yooloo thanks for your time, guys!
i think i'll just stabilize the spot and cracks with something simple - found a free-flow loctite c/a for glass repair that i've tested at the back of the bass, and it went well.
i've decided to sand it when i'll have time and nerves for it, but hope that this at least would keep the humidity out...
thanks again,
cheers,
zoran | That Loctite you have sounds a lot like the stuff someone used to repair a small stress crack in my windshield a few years ago. The guy polished it out after it cured and the repair was almost unnoticeable. I'll have to try it out on poly finishes next chance I get.
Last edited by 62bass : 09-08-2006 at 05:05 AM.
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09-07-2006, 12:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Paris, France | | | 62bass, yep, seems like that's the thing! after four layers, i can only see the cracks when i get real close - not as cracks, but as hair thin line in the poly finish, and only at a certain angle.
the good thing is that the poly was only finished with let's say 400 grade paper, and when i did the test run at the back with 600 to 1200 i was very happy with the result.
will let you guys know in words and pictures how did it go.
strippers? no way, i've tried everything, including the illegal stuff, and got nowhere. that thing ate concrete on my balcony, but the finish was still there.
oh, strippers? well, maybe six of them, preferably female, each with a different grade paper would do...
pkr2, i went with your advice - i've spent 2,40$ on "supplies", and it turned out much better than i thought. simplicity!
thanks 2 both for your input,
cheers,
z
Last edited by yooloo : 09-07-2006 at 12:53 PM.
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09-08-2006, 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by yooloo 62bass, yep, seems like that's the thing! after four layers, i can only see the cracks when i get real close - not as cracks, but as hair thin line in the poly finish, and only at a certain angle.
the good thing is that the poly was only finished with let's say 400 grade paper, and when i did the test run at the back with 600 to 1200 i was very happy with the result.
will let you guys know in words and pictures how did it go.
strippers? no way, i've tried everything, including the illegal stuff, and got nowhere. that thing ate concrete on my balcony, but the finish was still there.
oh, strippers? well, maybe six of them, preferably female, each with a different grade paper would do...
pkr2, i went with your advice - i've spent 2,40$ on "supplies", and it turned out much better than i thought. simplicity!
thanks 2 both for your input,
cheers,
z | Thanks yooloo for the user review of the Loctite. If I keep my ears open, I can learn something new, even at my advanced age. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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