komodo Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 Hmm. Where was Wally at the time of the incident? Not sure if you have any on hand, but the Cellosolve works wonders if you end up with any little areas that don't want to blend. It couldn't be in any more capable hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 5:18 PM, Muzz said: remember everyone your god(s) will only knock your guitar off the bench when you have no carpet or bean bag under it, as soon as you do, the guitar will be stuck to your bench with celestial glue I have learned over the years that the guitar gods have a wicked sense of humor. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 22 hours ago, komodo said: Hmm. Where was Wally at the time of the incident? Not sure if you have any on hand, but the Cellosolve works wonders if you end up with any little areas that don't want to blend. It couldn't be in any more capable hands. Wally's hands are clean. He's across town in my office keeping his eye on Annie...in fact he can't seem to take his eyes off of her..... And your Cellsolve fix from a while back has been on my mind lately. I should get some.I've got a couple cracks in the first scroll guitar, that came from tightening the screws on the blade switch a tad too tight. It's kind of a mojo thing that I've let live, but I may get tired of that idea at some point. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 This is still a work in progress.....but it is polishing up nicely. S At a casual glance the wound appears to be healing nicely. Closer looks still show some scar tissue though. It seems there is still work to be done. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 I'm fairly chuffed with the figure and the burst. SR 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 You should be mate, looks bloody good. Just don't drop it again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 1 hour ago, ADFinlayson said: You should be mate, looks bloody good. Just don't drop it again Thanks. That is extraordinarily good advice. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 8 hours ago, ScottR said: I'm fairly chuffed with the figure and the burst. Uh-huh... For some reason I got thinking about the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gogzs Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 What a save, amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 7 hours ago, Gogzs said: What a save, amazing! Yeah, it looks good from those shots, doesn't it. I'm not happy with it yet. There are still a couple dimples and visible bubbles that bug me. I've got to back up a bit and do some more healing work there. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 11:46 AM, komodo said: Not sure if you have any on hand, but the Cellosolve works wonders if you end up with any little areas that don't want to blend Where did you end up getting yours, Jeff? Amazon appears to want to sell it by the case. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 18 hours ago, ScottR said: Yeah, it looks good from those shots, doesn't it. I'm not happy with it yet. There are still a couple dimples and visible bubbles that bug me. I've got to back up a bit and do some more healing work there. SR They must be very small blemishes, the finish looks perfect in the photos, one of the great things about making a guitar for yourself with no deadline is you can spend the time getting it just how you want it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Muzz said: They must be very small blemishes, the finish looks perfect in the photos, one of the great things about making a guitar for yourself with no deadline is you can spend the time getting it just how you want it. Well you know how it is. What looks minor to the casual observer looks like the effin' grand canyon to the guy what made it! SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/4/2021 at 4:53 PM, ScottR said: Where did you end up getting yours, Jeff? Amazon appears to want to sell it by the case. SR Wow sorry I missed this, I've been consumed by work. This is a good question. Looking back in my emails, it looks like I bought it off of Ebay. The user name is: sierrachemicalco And, it looks they are still there. Search for "2-Butoxyethanol - Butyl Cellosolve - Technical Grade". One pint is about $25. I tried progressively different solvents working up to acetone, and nothing worked like this stuff did. I found it very forgiving also. I used disposable droppers and an xacto in the process, scoring the area with the xacto, then dropping in the Cellosolve. Give it a chance to work, and then come back and poke little areas where it may not have fully dissolved through. You do need to be careful if you are going down to the wood, the solvent will mess with the dye and make it discolor a small area if you poke into the wood. Yours is fairly similar in 'darkness' and probably won't give you trouble. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, komodo said: Wow sorry I missed this, I've been consumed by work. This is a good question. Looking back in my emails, it looks like I bought it off of Ebay. The user name is: sierrachemicalco And, it looks they are still there. Search for "2-Butoxyethanol - Butyl Cellosolve - Technical Grade". One pint is about $25. 1 Pint Thank you sir. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/3/2021 at 3:14 PM, ScottR said: I'm fairly chuffed with the figure and the burst. SR that smokey gloss - ooh la la. I don't see any ugly spots there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 19 hours ago, mistermikev said: that smokey gloss - ooh la la. Thanks. That part came out pretty well, if I don't say so myself. 19 hours ago, mistermikev said: I don't see any ugly spots there! Creative camera angles. I spent all last weekend re-working that. My main light source is the sun, which is hard to reposition to get the best angle. When I looked at it in different light the next day, I saw many bubbled that I could not see whilst working on it. The repair feels good and the gloss matches fine, but it doesn't look good to me. My problem appears to be some old nitro I've been using to fill it. It is dregs that I've kept around for touch ups and by now it has too much solvent in it. I've sprayed all my fresh stuff. So it looks like I'm going to buy a fresh quart, and sand down past the bubbles, add a new layer of black and start the fill with fresh nitro. I probably aught to go the extra mile and break out the airbrush and spray in the repair layers instead of drop filling with a brush. The delay just before the finish line is bugging the hell out of me, but as @Muzz said, there truly is no timeline.....besides my own internal timeline. But that's the one I dance to. SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 So what have we been doing? Well, here is a view that you didn't get. Granted it is tweaked to show the bad stuff looking worse than it actually did. So I plastered a mix of acetone, black dye, and a bit of old nitro to fill all those bubbles with black. The idea was to then level that back down which would remove all the black but what was in the bottom the bubbles....in theory. Leveled and then polished. Those bubbles are shown many times their actual size.....which of course is exactly have the looked to me. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 That would not do. So I sanded all those bubbles out and left a depression that needed to be filled. I plastered the bottom of the depression with the black goo mentioned above and then leveled that. Then I got the airbrush back out and mixed up a black tint and evened the leveled black out. And then sprayed nitro to fill the depression I'd made. Carefully peeled the mask off and gazed upon the load of work I'll have next weekend, SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted October 18, 2021 Report Share Posted October 18, 2021 I love the tenacity. Fixing stuff becomes a puzzle, and you just can’t stop until it’s solved to what you have in your mind’s eye. I bet this ends up as your #1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted October 18, 2021 Report Share Posted October 18, 2021 right on... little blending and "ninja vanish". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 18, 2021 Report Share Posted October 18, 2021 Hope it all goes well on the weekend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2021 16 hours ago, komodo said: I love the tenacity. Fixing stuff becomes a puzzle, and you just can’t stop until it’s solved to what you have in your mind’s eye. I bet this ends up as your #1. Thanks. You just gotta love it when a new challenge shows up. Every guitar I make becomes my number one......until the next one. SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2021 9 hours ago, mistermikev said: right on... little blending and "ninja vanish". That's certainly the plan. 8 hours ago, Muzz said: Hope it all goes well on the weekend Me too Muzz, me too. SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted October 19, 2021 Report Share Posted October 19, 2021 Wow! Kudos for the sheer tenacity I have the distinct feeling it's going to end up an invisible save and a beautiful finish... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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