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Buckle rash removal


sellisnba
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Hi All
Picked up a 2nd hand bass the other day, I usually would have walk away from this one but it plays nice and is well made. Only problem is it has a ridiculous amount of buckle rash on the back. Obviously it's not going to affect the bass much and I didn't pay to much for it.
I was just wondering if there is a way of getting rid of it. (wet sanding maybe)

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The scratches seem light enough, if I run my finger nail over them I can only just feel them.
Does anyone have any advise on how to remove or at least minimise the scratches?
Thanks in advance

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This vid shows buckle rash removal using a high speed buffing wheel and a cutting cream (presentation is a bit slow, relevant bit starts about 45 secs in)
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX3hDjanjAc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX3hDjanjAc[/url]

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I'd get a coarser polishing compound and give that a go before resorting to wet sanding. Autosol metal polish may well be worth a go, I've used it lots of times for removing similar scratches.

If you try wet sanding, use no coarser than 600 and progress through the grits to 12/1500. Depending on how deep the scratches are it may be difficult to gauge how perfect you can get it before burning through! Which would be a disaster. You may need to settle for a sort of "as good as you can get" result if you feel you have removed a lot of finish, far better this than going too far.

From the pics it looks like you should be able to get it looking pretty good with Autosol as they aren't too bad. If you go the wet sanding route, once you have sanded up to 1200/1500 then progress onto polishing compounds, no new lacquer would be needed provided you don't b***s it up! Polishing compounds can be used by hand with a soft cloth.

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Update,
After spending much of this afternoon trying to fix this I'm getting somewhere.....slowly
I've been gently wet sanding the body with 2500 grit paper. Once it's smooth I have been going at it with T-cut. It's a long process but it's working to a point. I think a buffing wheel for my drill shall be found tomorrow.

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