Members missedmyexit Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 Recently did some guitar trading and got a winning scratch ticket for my Birthday which netted me not one but two new acoustics. First I got a Composite Acoustic Cargo. Crazy good sounding guitar for non wood. Crazy good sounding guitar for wood. Small portable and no worries in any weather. If you haven't played one of these I highly recommend checking it out. I also traded my Guild D50 for a Gibson J45. The Guild was great but have a F50 and wanted something with that Gibson sounds. Great guitar brand new but dinged up in the Guitar Center show room. After alot of back and forth I got a good deal on it. Question is how to repair the scratch. I have some ebony powder from StewMac I used when doing some inlay work on my kit guitar and was thinking about using that in some super glue but the damn glue is too super. It sets up before I can get the black powder to mix. I think I might use some Duco cement and the powder. Any thoughts from you builders out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted April 7, 2014 Members Share Posted April 7, 2014 Wouldn't bother because a bother it wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamesp Posted April 8, 2014 Members Share Posted April 8, 2014 Most excellent haulage! I've always wanted one of those Cargo Composites. HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted April 8, 2014 Members Share Posted April 8, 2014 That ding you have....I'd probably hit it with a drop of thin cyano acrylate and then stain over it. Then I'put a drop of shellac over the whole thing and buff it out after the shellac dried hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted April 8, 2014 Members Share Posted April 8, 2014 No advice but Happy New Guitar(s) Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members missedmyexit Posted April 9, 2014 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2014 That ding you have....I'd probably hit it with a drop of thin cyano acrylate and then stain over it. Then I'put a drop of shellac over the whole thing and buff it out after the shellac dried hard. How exactly would you stain over it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members missedmyexit Posted April 9, 2014 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2014 So I ended up patching it with Duco cement mixed with the ebony coloring dust I had. Pre mixed in a cup and then dripped in via a tooth pick. Wet Sanded starting at 800 then to 1200 then hit it with fine compound buffer to take the surface scratches out. You can see the patch up close but not at all past two feet. For my first attempt at patching I give it a C+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members missedmyexit Posted April 9, 2014 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2014 For Some reason it won't let me upload the photos https://www.dropbox.com/s/bnbz2lkez5w5ejs/IMAG0344.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/4p60vior9pwz1us/IMAG0343.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members acousticdepot Posted April 10, 2014 Members Share Posted April 10, 2014 Wow ... nice job. C+? being a little hard on yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panhandler Posted April 10, 2014 Members Share Posted April 10, 2014 Congrats on the new gits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C70man Posted April 13, 2014 Members Share Posted April 13, 2014 Sweet choice of guitars........actually, been wanting one of those composites for quite a while now.....just haven't pulled the trigger.......Florida weather is brutal on a guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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