how i do fix small dents/scratches?

[burkedajerk88]

I recently purchased an Epi DR-500R Masterbilt, I've accidentally scuffed it against an object a few times creating a few dents. i have 2 that are on the side and are very small. I also a small thin scratch on the back of my guitar. How do i fix something like this?

 

someone told me that if i dropped a small bit of water rover the dent, the wood would absorb the water and the dent would be restored. But i'm not sure if that would work.

 

here some specs on my guitar, im not sure if they will make a difference:

Top: Solid Spruce; satin finish

Back and sides: Solid rosewood; satin finish

 

Any ideas?

[DonK]

 

I recently purchased an Epi DR-500R Masterbilt, I've accidentally scuffed it against an object a few times creating a few dents. i have 2 that are on the side and are very small. I also a small thin scratch on the back of my guitar. How do i fix something like this? someone told me that if i dropped a small bit of water rover the dent, the wood would absorb the water and the dent would be restored. But i'm not sure if that would work. here some specs on my guitar, im not sure if they will make a difference: Top: Solid Spruce; satin finish Back and sides: Solid rosewood; satin finish Any ideas?

 

 

The satin finish has a sealant, so I doubt if dropping water on it will do the trick. With electric guitars, there's a repair techinque where you use a hot iron over a wet cloth to inject steam into the dent to lift the wood, but that's for a the kind of wide, shallow dent you sometimes get on a solidbody electric (from the kind of collision that would leave a crack on an acoustic, not a dent).

 

With a poly finish like the one on your Masterbilt, your best bet is to leave it alone and look at it as adding a bit of character. I know that's probably not what you want to hear, but anything else you do is apt to make it look worse, not better. If it had a nitro finish, it'd be one thing, but poly is another matter.

[Hudman]

 

The satin finish has a sealant, so I doubt if dropping water on it will do the trick. With electric guitars, there's a repair techinque where you use a hot iron over a wet cloth to inject steam into the dent to lift the wood, but that's for a the kind of wide, shallow dent you sometimes get on a solidbody electric (from the kind of collision that would leave a crack on an acoustic, not a dent). With a poly finish like the one on your Masterbilt, your best bet is to leave it alone and look at it as adding a bit of character. I know that's probably not what you want to hear, but anything else you do is apt to make it look worse, not better. If it had a nitro finish, it'd be one thing, but poly is another matter.

 

 

I agree 100%.

 

I tried using the wet rag / soldering iron trick on a minor dent on a poly coated guitar. It didn't work very well. I think the dent needs to crack the finish in order for the water and heat do their trick.

[Freeman Keller]

Don is right on. Nitro can be "drop filled" but catalyzed and particularly satin finishes would be hard to fix. Your guitar is gaining some mojo.

[eflat]

There's products on eBay for getting out little scratches and such, about $10 a bottle. Not sure how much to trust them though, although they do claim to be personalised for certain guitars - might be useful if you can find yours.

 

Like I say though, I don't know how well they work, and personally would probably not bother.

 

Good luck.