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sdsollod
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In a previous post I came clean and showed a mess up on a new telecaster build. I was not careful enough and burned the end of the horn pretty bad when buffing out the finish. I went ahead and put it together, played it and took pictures. I could'nt stand to leave it that way, so, I took it apart and fixed it. Here's what I did...

- cut off small pieces of binding and put them in a glass jar with some acetone. The bits disolved and took that slurry and filled in the spot of binding that was burned (rubbed) away. I used a popcycle stick and when it was dry and set up, I sanded it smooth.

- then, I used some black transtint and mixed it into some of the finish (EM6000). There had been some bare would exposed after I burned it and I immediately went over it at that time with a sharpie. That was only a temporary fix. I used that mixture to paint the bare area with a small artist's paint brush.

- then, I used the small artist's paint brush and "painted" several coats of EM6000 to build up the void. Once it cured I wet sanded and buffed it back out.

I'm pleased with the repair. You'd never know that I buggered it up...


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Alex Kleon
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Nice disappearing act!

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Very nice!

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J De Rocher
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Nicely done! Thanks for sharing the photos.

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Colin North
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Well done

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Dent?

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Excellent!

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Glen H
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what repair?
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Looks great!

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Don Williams
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Wow, great save!

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Bob Shanklin
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Excellent repair job. [:Y:]

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Joe Beaver
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Wow !!! That came out great.

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That looks great!

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Mike2E
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Great work
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Robert Lak
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Nice to get something off the scratch and dent shelf...

Good to know that something like that can be fixed on that scale.
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