Is there any way to like wet sand a guitar??

[myshadeisblue]

Got some scratches through the gloss on my 614ce, god ****ed German shepherd scratched it lol, pawed it once. I was wondering if there was something that would liquefy the laqour or maybe wet sand it to even it out? Anything like that exist for acoustics??

[Ned Milburn]

Try automotive scratch remover or swirl remover.

[myshadeisblue]

Thank you, will that break down the gloss and spread it around?

[fazool]

Its not lacquer on a Taylor. It's polyester. basically they use a very thin automotive clear coat.

[myshadeisblue]

And do you think that it will mainly effect the clear coat and not lift the paint as well? It is my 2nd fav guitar, almost thinking of just taking it to Taylor in SD and paying them to fix it, unless you are pretty confident about this.

Have you ever tried this before????

[fazool]

If I lived in SD, I would have them do it.

[B. Howard]

Taylor uses a UV cured Polyester, It's a very industrial finish and is very chemical resistant. Without seeing the damage it's really hard to make a suggestion on repair. It may need a bit of sanding prior to buffing out to remove the marks. Any type of automotive buffing compound will be safe to use on the finish as well as most other polishes like Novus or 3M.

[joe white]

Originally Posted by fazool

Its not lacquer on a Taylor. It's polyester. basically they use a very thin automotive clear coat.

It's not an automotive clear coat. Auto manufacturers do not use polyester clear coats. As others have posted, you can polish polyester with just about any type of buffing compound. Be advised, polyester sands quite easily but removing (buffing) those sanding scratches can be a challenge.

[gpj1136]

I have only used lacquer and shellac, but couldn't he use micro mesh from LMI or Stewmac, or sold as acrylic fish tank scratch repair kits?

Start with the finest or near finest grit first and only go coarser if needed and then buff with compound.

I use it with lacquer to level it. Not so good with shellac though.

[B. Howard]

One thing do be aware of if you try and buff this out yourself is that you will need to work on area many times larger than the spot you need to repair. If you create any type of "dish" in the finish surface when sanding or polishing it will catch light and reflect it oddly. as such the spot will stand out from quite a ways off and may look worse than the scratch.

[LouieAtienza]

Another idea would be to.try to.drop.fill.the scratch and level it off to.the.surrounding area. It will hide and protect the scratch, though it will still show witness lines depending on the viewing angle. I have done this using lacquer and super glue, masking around the scratch, and leveling off with small shop made sanding blocks. The problem is light refracts differently with the different materials, this is of course in the spirit of repairing not.concealing the scratch....

[rickwaugh]

Swirl remover will only take out the thinnest of scratches. It will not fix gouges. If the dogs claws really dug in, I would take it to a professional. That being said, there is an excellent chance they'll have to redo the entire body, so might as well give it a go.

[Quickstep192]

The rule of thumb I've always heard is that if you can catch your fingernail on the scratch, it's probably not going to buff out.