Bob the builder
Dr. Stratster
1st ding always sucks but I think anything you try is gonna showcase it and look worse.
It'd be easier if you had a non metallic finish
It'd be easier if you had a non metallic finish
Is it possible?
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s5tuart
Perfecting time travel since 2525
Soldering iron and a damp cloth.
Put the cloth over the ding and heat with the soldering iron to get steam going into the ding.
BE CAREFUL AND DONT BURN IT!
However, looking at the sharpness of the ding it may not work.
Try the technique on a dinged old bit of wood first to get a feel for it!!!
Put the cloth over the ding and heat with the soldering iron to get steam going into the ding.
BE CAREFUL AND DONT BURN IT!
However, looking at the sharpness of the ding it may not work.
Try the technique on a dinged old bit of wood first to get a feel for it!!!
Handsome McClane
Senior Stratmaster
Gorgeous guitar, I love the color. That ding is hardly noticeable. I'd leave it be.
I dropped a beautiful new silver SG once and chipped a big chunk of paint off the bottom. Ended up refinishing it because I saw it as ruined; regretted it ever since.
I dropped a beautiful new silver SG once and chipped a big chunk of paint off the bottom. Ended up refinishing it because I saw it as ruined; regretted it ever since.
I sure wouldn't worry about that one
That's it? That barely qualifies as a ding.
Stratafied
Dr. Stratster
OK , I’ll take the pic down. Hope yer happy
Wrighty
Dr. Stratster
Dinged my 2004 AmStd in BSB on the corner of a glass r table. Determined not to do anything in the heat of the moment I went back to it a couple of days later and decide it really wasn’t that noticeable, it was gonna happen at some point, but I didn’t want it to get worse. Rubbed the edges with a coarse linen cloth and then dropped some clear nail varnish into the dip. Looks marginally better than it did but I’m now confident there’ll be no spreading.
YohanTheMan
Strat-O-Master
That's one tiny ding. Just be happy it wasn't a big dong
If you are worried about resell value, then just make sure to sell it to a farsighted person.
If you are worried about resell value, then just make sure to sell it to a farsighted person.
I'm never happy until I make you miserable.OK , I’ll take the pic down. Hope yer happy
Stratafied
Dr. Stratster
You’re pure evilI'm never happy until I make you miserable.
don't know about pure... maybe about 90%.You’re pure evil
It’s very difficult to touch up metallic colors because of the way the light reflects off the metal flakes. It’s nearly imppossible to touch it up and have it not stand out like a sore thumb when the light is from one direction and nearly invisible when the light is from the other direction. The only way to make it perfect is to overspray the entire surface with a new metallic undercoat. I wouldn’t recommend this.
your best hope would be to take it to the automotive paint store and let their color mixer make up a small bottle of touch up paint, then use it to drop fill the dent. It will still be noticeable though.
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Now I see that it might not be metallic? That’s easier, but still take it to the automotive paint store and get a bottle of touch up paint.
Stratafied
Dr. Stratster
Thanks Scott.
RL21980
Senior Stratmaster
It's hardly noticeable. It's noticeable to you because it's yours. Like the first scratch on a new car. Bound to happen sometime.
Stratafied
Dr. Stratster
You’re right, my eye goes right to it Because I know it’s there.
Pluck your eye out, and you won't have that problem.
Stratafied
Dr. Stratster
K. Left or right eye?Pluck your eye out, and you won't have that problem.
Ronnie Fn D
Senior Stratmaster
Your minds eye
Maybe it’s just time to experiment with some relic’ing.
Is the pedal ok???
Blizzard Pearl is a lovely color, little dings or not. And there's probably a fingernail polish that's close enough for a simple & quick fill.
