So I have heard you can "Steam" dents out of guitars with heat?

[Random Hero]

Something like using a thick pad, and soldering iron, to use plenty of heat, to raise the grain on the wood, to get rid of the dent.

Any ideas?

How does this affect the paint? (Graphite Pearl JP6)

Anyone done/heard this?

 

[blackspy]

I would think that'd be dents in the wood, minus the paint. If anything, I'd think it'd possibly crack the paint in your case.

If you had spot where the paint had been chipped off and it was dented, you can use that technique to raise the wood back up, before you repair the chip.

...I think.

 

[jbert]

Random,

You would do well to follow the advice of the many folks who responded to your previous post!

Accept the ding, my friend, accept the ding!

 

[Norrin Radd]

Dude -

You have to let this go. As amusing as I find the whole thing, I am afraid you are on the road to total ruin. You would be better off playing the guitar and getting used to the ding as opposed to telling us about far fetched ideas for removing it!

Reminds me of a buddy of mine who has owned and sold 4 different PRS Custom 24s and the only thing wrong with any of them was that "the grain on the top just isn't right". Ugh. PLAY THE DAMN THING!! Please. For your own sake. And ours.

And BTW, the Rory Gallagher strat is the coolest one Fender makes. And SRVs strat seemed to work for him too. Just an observation.

 

[Random Hero]

heh heh, ok ok guys. i'll stop!

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Random,

You would do well to follow the advice of the many folks who responded to your previous post!

Accept the ding, my friend, accept the ding!

+1

 

[cocobig]

You gotta have the 1st ding. When the 2nd comes, you won't feel that bad anymore.

 

[tommyindelaware]

this trick is not to be done on anything other than bare wood !!!!!!!!!

Something like using a thick pad, and soldering iron, to use plenty of heat, to raise the grain on the wood, to get rid of the dent.

Any ideas?

How does this affect the paint? (Graphite Pearl JP6)

Anyone done/heard this?

 

[Spudmurphy]

this trick is not to be done on anything other than bare wood !!!!!!!!!

I 100% agree with Tommy.

Its possible on bare wood to use steam/heat to repair a dent.
Try that on painted wood and your "Little ding" (a ling lol!) and you will blister the paint.

Look, I have a brand new guitar and I will hate it when it gets it's first ding - as it will! I know how you feel but it really is no big deal - as I think you havenow come to expect.

Spud
PS wasn't "Little ding" a Hendrix song ?

 

[mbgreene]

PS wasn't "Little ding" a Hendrix song ?

I thought that was Chuck Berry "My-little-Ding"

 

[Colin]

It's easy I suppose for us to say get over it, but time will heal the hurt. I remember putting a ding into my Morse and that was painful. But after weekly visits to a psychologist for several years....

Colin

 

[caucajun]

accept th' dang ding!

i discovered the hard way..........i had a mint robin savoy.........NAMM show piece.......i couldn't play it.............didn't wanna be the dinger!

my blue quilt top axis ss piezo came with 2 paint dinks......1 on the top, and 1 on the headstock................i've never enjoyed any guitar soooo much!

accept the ding, young skywalker...........may the ding be with you!

 

[fogman]

Oh you guys are a bunch of DING-a-lings!

 

[Random Hero]

ding dong.

 

[Junior]

ding dong.

Hark! Hear the Bells, Sweet Silver Bells,
All seem to say, Ding Dong, m'kay.

- Mr. Mackey











































... m'kay?

 

[Spudmurphy]

Hark! Hear the Bells, Sweet Silver Bells,
All seem to say, Ding Dong, m'kay.

- Mr. Mackey



... m'kay?

???????

 

[dmkozak]

I won't tell you to forget about this. Yes, an experienced woodworker can heat out dents, and without breaking the paint. Just like an experienced bodyman can use heat and suction to remove dents from your car.

But, and here's the important point, are you willing to try and learn this technique on your MM? In other words, if you can find someone very experienced in this technique, you might want to ask them. I can't imagine you'd want to try and learn this technique on your own and on your prized MM.

 

[Random Hero]

I won't tell you to forget about this. Yes, an experienced woodworker can heat out dents, and without breaking the paint. Just like an experienced bodyman can use heat and suction to remove dents from your car.

But, and here's the important point, are you willing to try and learn this technique on your MM? In other words, if you can find someone very experienced in this technique, you might want to ask them. I can't imagine you'd want to try and learn this technique on your own and on your prized MM.

you make a good point. Best left alone by untrained hands..

 

[ricplayer]

DING...round two!...

 

[OrangeChannel]

I won't tell you to forget about this. Yes, an experienced woodworker can heat out dents, and without breaking the paint. Just like an experienced bodyman can use heat and suction to remove dents from your car.

But, and here's the important point, are you willing to try and learn this technique on your MM? In other words, if you can find someone very experienced in this technique, you might want to ask them. I can't imagine you'd want to try and learn this technique on your own and on your prized MM.

So I'm guessing you don't consider Tommy an experienced woodworker/ tech....hmm.

Don't try it with paint...anytime I have seen this done, the finish is removed, then spotted after the grain is raised...

Point being dings = character.