fixing the holes in my burny

[gwEm]

i was thinking:

pack the holes with c--ktail/match sticks (obviously not the scratchplate hole)
skim of wood filler - slightly below the top edge of the hole
very light touch of black gloss paint

however, i would appricate some advice about the best way - i like the guitar and only get one chance to get it right ;)

cheers!

[_tom_]

I just put a black screw in my pickguard holes and I think it looks fine.

[HTH AMPS]

If you want it to look right I'd get a pro to do it, safe yourself a headache.

Personaly, I'd live with it - all my gear has a abundance of 'character' (or beat to shite as everyone else says)  :lol:

 :twisted:

[Jonny]

You could shove a dowel in it, if you can find ones small enough, but you'd have to sand it off a bit, shove the dowel in, cut it off, sand it smooth, spray spray spray (with obvious masking so nothing else gets covered in.. spray)

That's how I would try it, but you could just take it to a pro. Best way and safe, money shouldn't matter I should hope not. :P

[WezV]

I wouldnt bother with dowels or matchsticks/toothpicks but i might make a thick filler with epoxy and wood dust to do most of the fill (but importantly, not overfill the hole) on the bigger holes - then i would drop fill with lacquer - lots of stuff about drop filling on the web

[Philly Q]

It's a bit low-tech, but you can (or used to be able to) get car touch-up paint in little tubes with a brush, like nail polish.  It's quite thick, so it builds up quickly to the thickness of the original finish, and dries fast.  Once the spot-repairs are fully dry, sand them level with successively finer grades of wet-or-dry paper, then polish with T-Cut.

I used that method on a couple of highly-chipped black guitars - my Hamer Vector and an old PRS EG - and it worked a treat.

[WezV]

you can (or used to be able to) get car touch-up paint in little tubes with a brush, like nail polish.  

probably the best thing for attempting this kind of stuff at home.  - but you still need to fill the hole with something a little more solid to stop the lacquer just shrinking into the hole within a few months.. thats why i would do the epoxy fill first and just use thickened lacquer for the final fill - - luckily the stuff in the touch up pens is already pretty thick and a bit more practical than getting a gallon of nitro  for a few screw holes.  

I have a jar of older lacquer i leave on my windowsill that has thickened a bit too much with age but is great for doing fills

[Philly Q]

you can (or used to be able to) get car touch-up paint in little tubes with a brush, like nail polish.  

probably the best thing for attempting this kind of stuff at home.  - but you still need to fill the hole with something a little more solid to stop the lacquer just shrinking into the hole within a few months..

Yeah exactly, I meant after filling the hole itself, of course!  :)

[gwEm]

thanks for the advice - i'm going to go for it ;)

i'm sure it won't be 100% as new - but that doesn't matter, as i'm hoping the result will be at least better than the holes. i'll get some car touchup paint.