Fingernail polish for dings on a Ric? Help please.

[PrimusNut]

I bought my Ric second hand about a month ago. It has the usual wear for a used bass (made in 1998). There are 3 dings that are quite bad, they are small, but they go right to the wood.

I have been thinking for a while about what to use to cover these up. Today, a friend of mine reccomended using fingernail polish. Would this harm the finish of the Ric (JetGlo) if I got it on anything but the dings? I think it would look a lot better than the dings, even if it doesn't match the finish perfectly, the dings will be less noticable from a distance.

Thanks

--Curtis

[eots]

I used some on my Carvin. It's hard to find deep purple nail polish. It beats having all eyes spot the imperfections at 1st glance.

[40Hz_of_Love]

Am I the only person that loves all the dings on his basses? Like scars on a warrior's face...

Just my opinion though. ;>

[Espidog]

The paint job on your bass is a complex beast made up of eleven layers, so before you take your Ric down to the nail parlour, check out the wisdom / post a question at the Ric forum:
http://www.forum.rickresource.com
You can bet that if there's a preferred method of doing it, the info will be in there somewhere. It's always my first port of call for any Ric-specific queries. Very friendly sort of a place, and what they don't know ain't worth knowing!

[Phalex]

Don't do it!!

Ric uses conversion varnish, which is very durable, but unforgiving of solvents like those in nail polish.

The best thing you can do in my opinion is just use a black sharpie or similar magic marker to color the exposed wood black. It'll blend right in. I have a bit of marker on my headstock, and you really can't tell unless you are right on top of it.