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08-27-2007, 05:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Upstate NY | | | scratch repair?
Hi,
My new Shen Willow 7/8 just recieved a 1 inch scratch along the side bout all the way to the wood. Any quick fix ideas?
thanks!
-Phil
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08-27-2007, 05:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the end of the section | | If its a dark varnish and the mark isn't too big, hit it with a black Sharpie. That's what I do...  |
08-27-2007, 07:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio | | Wouldn't brown look better?? 
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08-27-2007, 07:12 PM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by toman  If its a dark varnish and the mark isn't too big, hit it with a black Sharpie. That's what I do... |
The Sharpie is a good idea--BUT it can look bad if you hit it directly. I bleed the a brown Sharpie into a cloth like an old T-shirt and then wipe it on the scratch. It gives much better control. |
08-28-2007, 06:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | | Home Depot sells touch up markers made for furniture scratches. They come in all different colors, and you should be able to get a closer match than using a sharpie.
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08-28-2007, 08:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Madison, WI/Indianapolis, IN | | | Would any of these fixes negatively effect anything like, resale value, or if your luthier need to do a re finish of an area? and would the sharpie bleed through the wood?
Personally I think while one large scratch by itself looks nasty letting scratches show on your bass is part of the maturing process , and lets it become a beautiful antique bass over time. |
08-28-2007, 08:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | | Unless you have a very light color bass....Old English Scratch Cover at your grocery store.
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08-28-2007, 09:03 AM
|  | Less barking, more wagging! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | Most "violin varnish" is shellac-based (with denatured alcohol or Bekhol as the solvent). If you're going to use a touch-up marker, you might want to consider applying a few coats of shellac to the damaged area first; the shellac seals and protects the raw wood, and with a barrier layer of shellac in place, if you aren't satisfied with the look imparted by a marker, you have a better chance of wiping it away and trying something else.
When I use "tinted" shellac to make cosmetic repairs, I usually seal any raw wood with super-blonde dewaxed shellac (like Zinsser SealCoat) first because it provides a degree of reversibility; by "tinted" I mean either various shades of naturally colored shellac (e.g., button, garnet, orange...), or shellac to which I've added Transtint aniline dye.
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08-28-2007, 06:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Warburton Unless you have a very light color bass....Old English Scratch Cover at your grocery store. |  I have some of that at my house, and was thinking of using it on my bass!! It's good to know that it works!!
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