Dean Czech handmade V finish question

Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 29

Hi guys,

i just received my Dean Czech Korina V, and the plastic nut was kinda unglued, so while it was strung , I just pushed it a bit to place it back right.

As I inspected the guitar before, I didn't see these two surface cracks that where starting from the nut at 2 places, so I'm pretty sure I did them while replacing the nut..I'm a dumbass..

anyways, the cracks look kinda like plant's roots, maybe around a centimeter long, looks a bit like finish checking..i,m kinda pissed off since the seller on ebay, had an awesome feedback, and packed the guitar so well that it could have survived a nuclear bomb. It was in a hardshell case, the hardshell being in a big LTD box, full of styrofoam and bubblewrap. I think that finish checking would have appeared at other places if it would have been that..

That being said, I'd like to know if I could do anything so I can touch up these, and to stop the cracking since I guess with vibrations and all, it'll prolly expand..I prefer not to use nail polish as It'll probably be a sloppy smudge, unless there is nothing else I can do...

**PS, sorry for you guys on HC, since I posted the same topic in the guitar forum..I just really need some advice..

thanks !

Simon

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:03 pm

All my guitars have some kinda finish mark,scratch, check, or what you might call it. Shocked

If it has no effect on the sound or structure,dont sweat it. Bigger question, is the nut secure? Got guitar porn?

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 5324

use superglue.. tint it if the finish is tinted..

www.stewmac.com

use a slow-set superglue.. use finish tint to match the finish.. mix and fill the cracks.. use an exacto knife to slightly widen the cracks so that the glue will fill evenly, especially at the end of the cracks where the glue may not flow into..

after it is filled and hardened, you can use a razor to scrape away the excess (to level it out..) and then lightly sand it with a very fine sandpaper 2000 grit wet-dry.. (soak the paper in water for 24 hours before you start sanding)

when the finish is evenly "dulled", you can buff it out with polishing compound.. (use 3M "Finesse It II" to polish it out)

of course, you *could* use a "Art Marker" (not the solvent based, but the water based), and match the tint and glue over that..

but this is about the only way to "repair" a poly finish, that i know of.. i've used this before and it works very well.. i've filled the poly finishes on Charvels doing this, and you'd never know that the finish was ever damaged..

if you do refinish it, tell the refinisher that you've done this repair, because the superglue will leave a tell tale mark in the wood (if it's down to the wood to begin with), if a clear finish is used..

have fun..

http://www.flash.net/~guitars/ReRanch101.html

Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 29

thanks for the info guys..

seems like the superglue have been suggested by some other guys too..not sure I want to do it myself though..I'll find somebody that could do it..

thx !