al_keys Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Greetings- New to the forum. I have an old Aria Pro II guitar that has a Sunburst finish on it. It's kind of a special guitar to me as it is kind of shaped like a Yamaha SG2000 and has neck middle and bridge soapbar P-90s in it. This guitar has several large nicks in it where it looks like a bit of wood is missing (not just the finish). I am thinking of sanding it and just putting a natural Tung oil and beeswax finish on it as a way to repair/ cover the nicks in the guitar. It also has a painted neck (back of the neck)- like a dark red/wine color that I am thinking of sanding and removing and just applying tung oil to. I'm choosing this type of finish because it's easy to do, looks good, and is uncomplicated and since I am a novice, it suits me fine. Other than time consuming, does this sound doable? Is there anything special I should know about sanding a guitar with a sunburst finish? Do you recommend using a heatgun? or just straight sanding? The reason I am refinishing it is because I've heard that if I took this guitar to a repair guy and told him to refinish the guitar/ repair the nicks it would be quite expensive- even just to repair the nicks I'm sure would cost like $500 bucks maybe. Anyway, thanks all for any responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 If it were up to me I'd just leave the nicks. People pay good money for a "relic" guitar If you really want to refinish it I'd use a chemical stripping agent to get the majority of the finish off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 +1...leave it personally I'd leave it, you never know what you'll find under a finish & sunburst's are no different. The front might be just a veneer covering plywood, it might be just the top layer of plywood, the sides & back might have knots or filler...you could open a whole can o' worms. It can also be tricky removing certain finishes, I spend about 3 days chipping away a thick black finish from an Ibanez Roadstar body once because neither heat or stripper would touch it & even then the paint had stained the body black so I covered in a solid colour anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdstone Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 For maximum improvement for minimum effort just sand back the neck and apply the tung oil. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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