*sigh* Scratched My Guitar :( Options

[spacebran]

Hello, I know I've been very quiet lately (busy, but still practicing away!).

Today, I opened my guitar case with the intentions of changing the strings on my guitar, and even though I'm always very, very careful with my guitar: *whack* against the corner of a wall. I hit the bottom part where your guitar rests on your thigh, right near the front. I have a Jackson SL-1 soloist with a Nebulah finish - this guitar is my absolute baby. I wouldn't be so upset, but I can see the wood. The wood only shows in two very small spots (about 1 or 2 mm wide), but the paint is obviously ruined in the surrounding area (probably about a 3/4 cm wide dent).

I know, I know - guitars are going to get scratched, but I'm very picky about this kind of stuff. I can deal with a few minor scratches, but this is an eye sore to me.

How do I fix this? I've tried looking online, but the information available is very limited. The scratch isn't near any of the fancy paintwork. If I take it to my guitar shop, will they be able to fix it for me?

And no, I did not change the strings. I looked at the scratch for about 5 minutes, put my guitar away, and then came on here to try and find a solution.

Thanks.

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[jstcrsn]

Hello, I know I've been very quiet lately (busy, but still practicing away!).

Today, I opened my guitar case with the intentions of changing the strings on my guitar, and even though I'm always very, very careful with my guitar: *whack* against the corner of a wall. I hit the bottom part where your guitar rests on your thigh, right near the front. I have a Jackson SL-1 soloist with a Nebulah finish - this guitar is my absolute baby. I wouldn't be so upset, but I can see the wood. The wood only shows in two very small spots (about 1 or 2 mm wide), but the paint is obviously ruined in the surrounding area (probably about a 3/4 cm wide dent).

I know, I know - guitars are going to get scratched, but I'm very picky about this kind of stuff. I can deal with a few minor scratches, but this is an eye sore to me.

How do I fix this? I've tried looking online, but the information available is very limited. The scratch isn't near any of the fancy paintwork. If I take it to my guitar shop, will they be able to fix it for me?
Thanks.

here is what to do
this takes a few steps, but is easy
first try to match the paint as close as you can
then try to put masking tape , as close as possible to the shape of the ding
paint with small brush,once the paint is dry you will need to start filling it with polyurethane-oil based
you can use your brush for this or buy a spray can which will take longer because it has has alot of thinner in it needing more coats
everytime a layer is cured put on another layer until you build up the poly to match the guitar(hint) hold the guitar so the poly will run into the desired shape,but do not over fill and cause runs outside the tape-if so just wipe of with paint thinner before it dries- paint thinner will have no effect on your guitar or cured poly- but it is always good to check in an inconspicuos area
once you build it up, pull the tape and it should be vertiually unnoticable
if you are feeling frothy,you can wet sand starting at 400 grit then 800 then 1500 and finally 2000 grit after this polish with polishing compound and even an expert might not know

p.sp-do not paint your tape under the poly as then you willhave to sand poly down to remove the tape- if you want you can pull the tape off after every coat of poly before it is cuered and then retape before the next coat
and looking at the picture,you might need to clean any loose debris

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This post has been edited by jstcrsn: Sep 2 2011, 02:19 AM