I've seen posts here about redoing the nickel plating on a U47 body tube. I've got an additional question.
Normally I would never redo a finish on something like this. However, this body tube was already re-plated, and not in a particularly nice fashion.
I'm planning to send it to Germany to have it properly refinished, if they ever respond to my email inquiry. However, I'm curious to know if there's any recommendations for prep-work?
This one has some scratches and pitting. Since I'm having the body re-plated I'd hate to have these showing through the new finish.
Is there some process that can be used to fill the pitting in the body tube before sending it off to be re-plated? I'd rather it be original, but if that's not possible I'd like it to look nice, not plating over a pitted, scratched mess.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Tim