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| I played an outdoor show with the new legend I got from Patch. They had an awning set up for shade from the sun, but as the sun moved my guitar got some rays. I think it heated up the finish and now I am left with some light pick scratches in the beautiful surface. I'll post a pic but they are a little hard to see.
What does the community suggest to remove light pick scratches? I really want to restore the finish.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | There's a guitar scratch remover for sale on ebay all the time. Auto clear coat scratch remover made by McGuier's or 3M will also do it. You might start with Dunlop polish, but if they are really scratches, you'll wear your arm out trying to polish them out. You should know that scratch remover really doesn't remove scratches, it takes the rest of the finish down to the level of the scratches. |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Last night I bought a Meguir's paste that came in a tube for some scratches I put in my Taco's paint while 4 wheeling this weekend.
The stuff is amazing on the truck (tried a couple minor an major scratches), yet feels like it has no abrasives at all. I am going to try it on my Carvin electric and see what happens, but I bet on anything except natural wood, it will work like a charm. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | MeGuire's Scratch X ...
but why, unless you're going to sell it?
Scratches = character
If you've never done it before, do it this once, and then not again until you're going to get rid of it. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | StewMac has several levels of rubbing compound. any of those will work. |
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| Whatever they use at the factory is incredible. I think it actually repels dirt. My Legend hasn't stopped shining since it came back. |
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Location: NJ | The buffing wheel helps . . |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Murph, I was gonna ask if the guitar was black...
but then I looked in your gallery and saw the Poiple Legend.
Purple (maroon, burgundy, whatever) is just as bad as far as showing scratches.
I got some of that eBay Scratch Remover for my black 1718, and it worked.... sorta.
The 1718 had so many teeny scratches that it looked like a cloudy haze below the strings.
Now the haze is gone, but I can still see the deeper scratches... They are just shiny now.
For the light scratches, that Scratch Remover works.
For Deep gouges... Oh well, live with it!
(I wanna add, those ain't MY scratches :cool: ] |
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| Thanks for all the ideas guys. I read somewhere about this http://www.carrmclean.ca/CategoryGroupBrowser.aspx?CategoryID=201&G...
that I might try.
Today i realized these scratches aren't from a guitar pic, but from my right hand fingernails. (I keep the long for finger picking) The problem really was the sun softening the finish. |
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finish scratches