Repair Finish Crack

[robboster]

I placed my guitar on my bed as I wanted to play after finishing my homework.
I fell asleep on my work.
5 minutes ago I was rudely awoken by a loud crashing sound.
The part where the guitar hit the floor had its finish explode into pieces... about a 5cm line...
I feel so horrid looking at it now...
I feel so guilty...
Does anyone know where I can go to have this repaired, and to have the paint on the part where it landed restored? There's also another large ding because of it...

ding

Crack in finish

Thanks... It's a Jackson SL2H if you were wondering.

 

[Jumpin'Jellybean]

Guitar Connection. Won't be cheap.

 

[predz23]

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[robboster]

Anyone know how much this would cost? Thinking of having it sent to Maestro...

 

[robboster]

Anyone? Any more suggestions?

 

[faekildare]

Honestly.. repairing a finish crash isn't worth it. Let me explain how they do it. First, they will attempt to get a paint of the same colour for the base coat (almost impossible, considering so many shades of the same color). After that, they will drip super glue (yes..super glue) and build up layers until it goes back into shape. Then wet sand and buff to shine. Now, since it is near impossible to get back the same shade of colour, dun expect it to be the same as before. That is imho near impossible.

 

[empty71]

You got that right faekildare!!!

 

[prototype]

faekildare is right although i havent read his reply post, what i meant is.. "You got that right empty71".. hehe..
if i were to fix it, i would sand that part of the crack until i reach the wood grain, prime, and colorcoat with the same color, clearcoat but it will cover the crack portion and the unharmed portion, so were like mixing the new clear with the old clear, after sand ang buff, then thats it,.. and also il make sure i know what type of paint they used in the guitar so i can match the paint i'll use, some paint are just not compatible, btw dont mind what i said its obviously impossible to repair it my way.. unless if u strip down the paint of your jackson and repaint it, you will never know behind that nice paint finish is a golden ticket to wonkas factory.. ;D

 

[prototype]

now that i have read faekildare's post, i guess hes absolutely right,.. i kinda feel guilty tho having same response as faekildare.. hehe

 

[robboster]

The crack on the side is black, cos of the burst finish... As for the one on the body... I hope that one isn't deep enough to take out any of the finish... I PRAY...

 

[faekildare]

First of all, you can tell if the paint crack has eat into the paint, if it hasnt, you might be lucky.
This is what u CAN do. Take about 300 to 500 grain sand paper, sand the sides of crack to make it smooth but make sure you DO not sand away the original paint (cause you want to keep the color right?)
After that, start dripping/painting coats of super glue over the finish and slowly build up around the area (more layers is good, if there is too much layers, you can always sand it back down). After the multiple layers of super glue has dried, start wet sanding, starting from 1000 grit moving to 2000 grit in the end. Sand until it's even to the original finish (do not over sand and create a hole). After that, get some rubbing compound/brasso/autosol and buff it back to shine.

 

[robboster]

Will the poly finish still look damaged after the repair? The paint should be no problem since it's just black lol... But the nick on the body is more worrying... Cos I really dunno how deep it is since that part's poly didn't come off

 

[faekildare]

Well. Black isnt just black. There are many shades of black. Esp after the poly. By right, it should not look damage after the repair.
However, it will not look as good as new (thats near impossible) but, i have seen it being done before.

 

[dodgethis]

The paint should be no problem since it's just black lol...

There as many shades of white as there are black. Some blacks are lighter than others and some are darker than others. Even if you got the shade right, the finish can give the illusion of different shades, due to the reflective, or lack thereof, nature of varnish.

Allow me to give an example. This is a model kit I worked on a few years back. The first picture is after I applied a layer of gloss varnish to seal in the decal on the chest area and the shoulder areas in general. Note how deep and dark the red feels. Now take note of the second. The red is now a lot lighter after a layer of dull varnish to remove the glossiness.

The grey area on the head may also be used a reference point. The pictures may be a bit off as the pictures were taken a few days apart so the lighting conditions would have changed.

And no, it is not a Gundam. I will beat the first person who suggests otherwise

 

[robboster]

But it shouldn't be too obvious on stage that it was repaired right?

 

[faekildare]

There as many shades of white as there are black. Some blacks are lighter than others and some are darker than others. Even if you got the shade right, the finish can give the illusion of different shades, due to the reflective, or lack thereof, nature of varnish.

Allow me to give an example. This is a model kit I worked on a few years back. The first picture is after I applied a layer of gloss varnish to seal in the decal on the chest area and the shoulder areas in general. Note how deep and dark the red feels. Now take note of the second. The red is now a lot lighter after a layer of dull varnish to remove the glossiness.

The grey area on the head may also be used a reference point. The pictures may be a bit off as the pictures were taken a few days apart so the lighting conditions would have changed.

And no, it is not a Gundam. I will beat the first person who suggests otherwise

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