[guitex]

I shall post pictures later. It's an acoustic guitar from Paracho (A place where basically the whole town is into lauderie, you knock on houses to check out the guitars and violins and all that stuff. They are VERY cheap, and very good quality). So I put stickers and wrote on it but it seemed too emo, so I took off the stickers and took off all of the strings and the knobs and everything.

I'm going to sand the whole thing, and it's taking me a long time. I started earlier today and I'm done with the back and almost done with the front, I need to sand the hard parts by hand. The sides are showing resistance, and the hardest will be the back of the arm. I f/cked some parts because of over sanding, but it looks okay.

So I need to decide whether to paint it and varnish(sp?)it or just put on that spray that makes it shiny (can't remember the name). Or just leave it like that, although I would get splinters all the time.

So what do you think?

[dadfad]

Just a very thin coat of clear lacquer or, if you want to take the time and effort, French polishing (which is a hand rubbed-in finish from flaked shellac). I assume this is a classical guitar.

[guitex]

Yes. It is classical, and a bit shabby, it has some holes around the sides, and the top sheet of wood is separating a bit in some edges, and I guess I'll fill it in with some kind of paste or glue (any suggestions there?).

The back and sides were a shade of wine red, and the front is just wood with lacquer.

[guitex]

Here are the pictures

Top bottom
Paracho quality
Biggest hole it has, and some of the little ones
Back bottom
Half sanded side
Knobs and such
The front

[dadfad]

It doesn't appear to be a very expensive guitar. From the photo it looks like the top is laminated. I wouldn't put a great deal of time and expense into it for cosmetic purposes. (It still might sound just fine and so worth fixing up a bit though.) Find a stainable wood-filler for any of the holes and then smooth them as much as possible. If there are any separations betweeen the top or back and sides, I'd just go with a simple wood-glue like Elmers or something. There's little stress on the parts of a nylon-string classical requiring luthier's glue like melted horse-hide which is relatively costly in comparison and harder to work with for those with little luthier experience. I'd probably use a stain on the top to help blend in and cover the discolorations. And then a simple coat of clear spray lacquer or light varnish over it. Let it dry for a week or so and then just polish it up and wax it.

You might wait until Adam (Adds) sees this topic. He's a luthier by trade and might have some better ideas too.

[okiejohn]

You can mix sawdust from where you've sanded that guitar with some Elmer's wood glue and make wood filler that will match the color of your wood pretty well.