View after several rubbings; Many more were done. Compare with pics before capping and coating. |
This work was completed earlier in this very busy week. My camera ran out of storage space, ...and these pics not posted & camera cleared until Sat. 8-5-06, ...and new pictures have not yet been taken, but will be ASAP when doing so does not take up time from working on the instrument. ~~~ The above state of the finish was continued to be worked to match the original finish as much as possible (and quite good! ). ~~~ Screwholes were cleaned out; One factory hole that was slanted and breached the electronics cavity edge (# 1) was redrilled, doweled and new pilot redrilled verticle; One screw hole that had too much factory slant (# 2) was drilled verticle, dowel inserted and pilot redrilled vertical. ~~~ A few spots of the refinish many years ago, became stuck to the back of the pickguard prism sheet when assembled too soon after the refinish, ...and lifted as chips when the pickguard was removed for the current work. The chips were successfuly removed from the back of the pickguard prism sheet and the hidden spots they came from touched up with paint as merely quick / easy precautions for any unknown effects upon reassembly (# 3 & 4 examples). ~~~ A separate foil pickguard backing was cut out as a light reflecting insert backing sheet for some small deterioration of original reflective backing coat on pickguard prism insert sheet. ~~~ Parts are staged for reassembly and each part is getting final inspection prior to installation for any additional detail attention any might need (details are more noticeable when reassembling, than they are during clean-up from a long-neglected period) . |
Working the Patch Coat Into the Original Finish and Textures. Some close looks at details of the task and work |
This work was completed earlier in this very busy week. My camera ran out of storage space, ...and these pics not posted & camera cleared until Sat. 8-5-06, ...and new pictures have not yet been taken, but will be ASAP when doing so does not take up time from working on the instrument. ~~~ The above state of the finish was continued to be worked to match the original finish as much as possible (and quite good! ). ~~~ Screwholes were cleaned out; One factory hole that was slanted and breached the electronics cavity edge (# 1) was redrilled, doweled and new pilot redrilled verticle; One screw hole that had too much factory slant (# 2) was drilled verticle, dowel inserted and pilot redrilled vertical. ~~~ A few spots of the refinish many years ago, became stuck to the back of the pickguard prism sheet when assembled too soon after the refinish, ...and lifted as chips when the pickguard was removed for the current work. The chips were successfuly removed from the back of the pickguard prism sheet and the hidden spots they came from touched up with paint as merely quick / easy precautions for any unknown effects upon reassembly (# 3 & 4 examples). ~~~ A separate foil pickguard backing was cut out as a light reflecting insert backing sheet for some small deterioration of original reflective backing coat on pickguard prism insert sheet. ~~~ Parts are staged for reassembly and each part is getting final inspection prior to installation for any additional detail attention any might need (details are more noticeable when reassembling, than they are during clean-up from a long-neglected period) . |
Notice that the original finish checking must be conterfeited as the work progresses; Otherwise the original checking patterns will be lost to sanding and burnishing. This is done with the tip of a small detailing exacto knife. |
Body is unmasked completely to provide visual cues for working the patch coat lustre and texture into the original finish as much as possible without overly altering the original finish's character; Which requires fine sanding of both the patch coat and original finish, to differing degress, to bring them to as close a match as possilble. The original finish is very old and will appear and behave differently than the new / fresh patch coat. |
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Feather edge area being worked between the repair and original coats. |
View after several rubbings; Many more were done. Compare with pics before capping and coating. |
Sanding and burnishing the entire work area, little by little, many times. The feathering points are opportune in the body's design for the least obvious transition to old finish characters. |
I repaired this factory control plate screw hole that missed / breached the cavity edge. |
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Original dings were masked and preserved. Small dings can be masked with small balls of masking tape pressed into them. |
