12,000 wow that must be like a blank sheet of paper!

Jeff C

I`ve seen AU Oxide paper with 12 and 15 hundred and even higher for glass. I wouln`t use either on wood. For wood finnishing, I always start with 220, for strip`n, 60, and between coats, pre-set cloth wheel !!

Hi!

I've heard from some other guys that they had good results with Meguiars Ultimate Compound for the smaller scratches, so i ordered a bottle of this along with some wax (dodo juice) from a car tuning shop.. I'm going to try if this is enough to get rid of smaller scratches or if i have to use the sandpaper first. And also borrowed an air-compressor, so if everything wents well the project can start on the weekend.

So I am very curious to see how your project came out. I am picking up a used kit to put in my inventory that has some surface scratches in a laquer finish as well and want to know how to proceed to spruce it up a touch. LudwigDude sounds like he has got this dialed in. Does anyone have some before and after photos of what they have done and how they did it?

Hi!

I can say that the polish+wax was not enough to get all scratches out, i think i should have used very fine sandpaper as well. But for my project i was satisfied with the results, the laquer of the polished and waxed drums was more shiny and bright. If you need to get rid of the scratches, i think you can't get around the sandpaper method. All hardware was polished with Nevr'Dull (or however it is spelled..) and i had perferct result. Looks like new.

Concerning after/before photos: can't help here.. i tried some, but you don't notice the difference on the drums. The sparkle finish was very hard to capture with my cheap cam :-/

Best to renew lacquer finishes

1st. Take steel wool to the finish take all the shine from the finish.

2nd Match the paint color at any auto paint supply

3rd Touch up all the spot that you need to ( scratches)

4th After touch up steel wool to blend in color

5th apply Paste wax to whole drum and buff out the shine.

This is a clear laquer over stain so it shows wood grain as opposed to a solid color. Any thoughts as to how to proceed with that?

Those drums most likely have a polyester finish on them, not lacquer.

This "refresh" concept doesn't mean anything to me.

You have 2 choices.

Is the scratches are small and localized, the goal is to disguise the damage, while affecting as little of the surrounding finish as possible.

This is made much more difficult if the finish is transparent.

If the damage is significant or wide spread, the only suitable solution is to spray another clear coat after determining EXACTLY what the stock finish is.