Cracked poly finish on headstock repaired with GluBoost products: I'm impressed!

[franzbassist]

So in swapping out the stock tuners for a set of Gotoh Res-O-Lites, I managed to crack the headstock finish on my brand new Sire bass!

 

My initial plan was to have someone repair it professionally, but in my late-night googling I discovered GluBoost products and decided to repair it myself.  

 

I bought GluBoost Fill n' Finish thin and a can of the GluDry accelerant, plus some fine wick tips to apply.

 

Steps were as follows:

i) Remove B E and A tuners

ii) Remove worst of the cracked poly to try and get as close to a flat finish as I could to minimise sanding.

iii) Fill cracks with the Fill n' Finish, spraying the GluDry after each pass.  The crack on the edge took one fill, the other needed about three.

iv) Wet sand with 800 grit to get the finish flat, then carry on working up through the grits to finish at 12000.

v) Buff and polish

 

I do need to get some swirl remover and give it a final buff, but I am really pleased with the results.  Yes, you can still see it a bit, but it's sanded flat and overall for £40 and a couple of hours work it's a job well done.  Particularly impressed at the total lack of white bloom in the glue.

 

I would recommend these products without hesitation.

 

Before

 

And after

Edited January 4 by franzbassist

[RonC]

Gluboost works great!

I already did a lot of repairs with it. You can even use it for lacquer, i recently sanded a complete neck and used fill and finish to finish it, then a bit of polishing and it looks like new!.