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Originally Posted by Jeff7477  Hey all, I've got a Gibson EB-2 that has been in storage a very long time. 15+ years without really being touched, let alone cared for.
It has these tiny spider web like cracks/fractures all over the body. Does anyone know if this is fixable for a decent price? Overall the guitar is pretty amazing, its just these small fractures that you see up close. http://img191.imageshack.us/g/sany00362.jpg/ |
Leave it alone.
The text below is for informational purposes only.
This is the process: Yes, it can be done. Gibsons are almost exclusively finished in nitrocellulose lacquer. Nitro has a quality that is sometimes referred to as 100% bite back. What that means is that a each coat of lacquer dissolves the previous coats. In effect, the result is one thick coat of lacquer rather than many thin coats. This makes a hard cured nitro finish a breeze (relatively speaking) to rub out.
If you were to spray a coat or two or three of thinned nitro the finish would flow together into one amalgamation. The cracks would disappear. Or you could laboriously drop fill each crack. However, anything done to the finish will have a negative effect on the value.
This is the disclaimer: These are techniques that should only be attempted by those folks who have the tooling and know how. If your experience with shooting lacquer is limited to using cans of Krylon on garden furniture, take it to a pro. Of course, any good pro will advise you not to do it.
This is the advice: Do not do it.
Or, stated in interweb parlance:
LITFA!
Respectfully submitted
