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Private member DiscussionFinish Repair

Nitro burn

Hi All, I have a J-15 in with some finish burn on the back of the neck. I'm wondering what you'd recommend as a repair? Lacquer, Fill N' Finish, something else?

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It's not easy to tell in person either. I suspect it's gone through most of the finish but not all of it. There might be spots of wood at the centre. I'll have another look when I'm back in the shed.
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Recipe for vintage Junior sunburst

Hi all, I’ve done one successful rattle can refin in nitro and now assembling a spray set up. I’m totally new to spraying using a real spray setup and have never mixed colors. Does anyone have a recipe for a nice vintage 2-tone sunburst using, I assume, colortone or trans tint colors? I’ll try and attach a pic of what I’m going for. There is a little red appearance between the two top burst colors.

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Thanks, Ian. Pretty sure the top is all opaque but I’ve also heard the yellow center is tv yellow. I’ll pick up the stewmac finishing book. Maybe it has a recipe in there.
Beau Hannam - Beau Hannam Guitars DiscussionFinish Repair

Tannin bleed through

I repaired this double neck SG geetar with mahogany splints. Sealed the new hog with shellac, pore filled with ca, more shellac, then a thin layer of Stewmac white color tone in nitro, then a few coats of poly, then Mohawk ultra flo (cuz I can’t buff the neck) . I seem to be getting strange bleed through into the white (it wasn’t there before). Tannins??? Ideas? Thanks

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