Paint chipped, need help

[blumppers]

Long story short my bass' (Ibanez BTB 406) paint got chipped, and I'm now wondering what I should do to minimize the damage. I have practically no experience in building/painting/repairing instruments so I really need some help.

I took a couple pictures to give you a better look on the damage done.

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Thanks!

 

[Rocky McD]

The thickness of the poly finish will make it a difficult repair. If you can get CA glue under the chip and get it back down with a little heat applied and use a sandbag for pressure. Then you may only have a crack to fill. Anything else may require a complete refinish.
Rocky

 

[blumppers]

Thanks, I'm gonna try gluing it. Hope it works..

 

[M0ses]

Are you sure that's only paint? It looks huge, like there's wood seperation.

 

[hdracer]

You could always try this. Sorry, couldn't help myself

 

[Beej]

Before you glue it up:

Clean out the crack as best you can - use a vacuum, fine brush, whatever. Remove as many little broken splinters as you can reach. If they are laying across the grain (as often happens in breaks like this), when you try to glue it, you won't get a clean join. I'd use a really thin glue in this case...

 

[Red Rover]

Are you sure that's only paint? It looks huge, like there's wood seperation.

My thoughts exactly... I had that happen to a Squier of mine a while back and it look almost exactly the same. Whatever you do... do NOT try to peel or chip that paint off. I did and a big chunk of wood came with it.

 

[Red Rover]

Here's what it looked like after I peeled it off. It's hard to see in this photo but there's a chunk of wood missing (around the edge).