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alexkirtley Professional Posts: 606 My main instrument is: 1968 Gibson J-50	Shellac finish repair Feb 11, 2017 0:31:02 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by alexkirtley on Feb 11, 2017 0:31:02 GMT I've been repairing a friends guitar, built by Mike Vanden, there's a couple spots where the colour has been worn away in the shellac finish, does anyone have tips how this can be repaired?, I've always hated working with shellac
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R the F Luthier / Guitar Maker Posts: 1,135 My main instrument is: bandsaw	Shellac finish repair Feb 13, 2017 11:28:55 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by R the F on Feb 13, 2017 11:28:55 GMT Short of giving you a short course in french polishing, I'm not sure what to advise. Although it's not actually that difficult to do, it could be a bit dangerous - for the finish - unless you know what you're doing! Sorry to be totally useless.

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Shellac finish repair

Post by alexkirtley on Feb 11, 2017 0:31:02 GMT

Post by R the F on Feb 13, 2017 11:28:55 GMT

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