Repairable?

[Stilettoprefer]

So at last nights gig I decided to wear a new belt and didn't bother to check for sharp edges. Well the buckle dug into the finish on my Schecter and left huge white gashes in the poly(?) finish.

Is this gonna be an easy fix, or am I just gonna call it mojo and leave the scratches?

And I did search and nothing useful came up

 

[Musiclogic]

Call it what it is, buckle rash, and move on. You can try and drip fill with a toothpick and polyurethane, then wetsand and polish, but it's a lot of work.

 

[rick0link]

wear your belt buckle off to your side, or closer to your rear. i've been doing that for years. good bye buckle rash.

 

[Stilettoprefer]

wear your belt buckle off to your side, or closer to your rear. i've been doing that for years. good bye buckle rash.

Haha I'd have to ditch wearing studded belts to have this make any difference. Usually I wear a thick shirt an the buckles (or studs) never get through to the bass but I guess this new one combined with a thin shirt did the trick

I'm not gonna go through a whole ton of trouble to cover scratches that are never seen by the audience, so I guess I'll leave em and they'll just add gouges to the mass of scratches and dents that are already on the instrument.

 

[rick0link]

Haha I'd have to ditch wearing studded belts to have this make any difference. Usually I wear a thick shirt an the buckles (or studs) never get through to the bass but I guess this new one combined with a thin shirt did the trick

I'm not gonna go through a whole ton of trouble to cover scratches that are never seen by the audience, so I guess I'll leave em and they'll just add gouges to the mass of scratches and dents that are already on the instrument.

yeah, i ditched the studded belts a few years back. caused too much damage to both my basses and my shirts. ate holes thru all of my shirts.

 

[Musiclogic]

Sounds like someone needs a "body glove" guitar glove...LOL

 

[SurferJoe46]

I've filled worse scratches than that with carnauba paste wax, a very small piece of rag and did the old Navy Spit Shine technique to get rid of them.

Sit down and watch a movie on TV and at the same time keep spit shining the scratches. After a short while they are almost gone and the next time you can make them totally disappear.

I've done this a few times for guys who let someone 'try' their gear. Bad idea.

I even repaired a gouge in my AEB - a black one - with plain ol' Kiwi Black Shoe & Boot Polish with the same spit shine technique.

It took a few different applications - but it can't be seen or felt any more.