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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | Dweezil's mention of eBay polish in a recent post got me thinking: I have recently bought a blonde 1758 in great condition, but she has a patch of light pick scratches. Dweezil mentioned polish bought on eBay for this: has anyone here managed to buff out these kind of scratches?
Thanks in advance
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | That's what I polished out, they weren't SCRATCHES per se just pick haze (a good description). They were pretty bad and really detracted from the look of the Adamas.
I would say I've reduced them by 90%. Next time I replace the strings I'll give it another go.
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Location: Warren,Pa. | You don't use Polish; you use Ukranian. |
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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | So Dweez; can you please post a link for the polish you used? Like you (I suspect) I want to improve the look of the soundboard but not damage it (and like you I'm a bit hesitant about ehich product to use).
Besy wishes
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SCRATCH-REMOVER-for-OVATION-Celebrity-Acousti...
mdZViewItem?hash=item220148674584&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177
Thats what I used. All I can say is...
1. Try a SMALL patch first.
2. Don't rub hard the firs time just in case.
3. Read the instructions/guidelines |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I've used this stuff and it works very well. |
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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | Thanks Dweezil and Jeff; JUST what I needed! :)
I owe you both a beer!
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Location: closely held secret | "What's the best polish to get rid of pick haze?"
Mark does a pretty good job. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | . . . when he doesn't do it backwards. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Any Polish is good Polish. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Aye, there's the rub! |
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Location: closely held secret | "What's the best polish to get rid of pick haze?"
Mark does a pretty good job. |
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Location: closely held secret | That's funny. I left firefox open when I shut my laptop right after I posted that the first time, then tonight I opened it up and when firefox connected it posted it again... |
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Location: Jet City | well, I thought it was funnier the second time. Must've simmered in it's own juices some. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I've used it on several. Whatever you do, don't use it on lacquer finishes. I learned the hard way that it will make a mess of a high gloss black lacquer finish. This is clear in the instructions, but what I don't know is which guitars are finished in lacquer and which are urethane (or something else). |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | My red Ultra GS has deep pick scratches in the body and in the pick guard. I tried some 3M scratch remover, but it didn't help. They are just too deep. The guy before me must have played power chords with a knife. Someday I'll sand it down, but I'd like to save the original color. |
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What's the best polish to get rid of pick haze?