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Old 05-28-2012, 02:18 PM
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Default Poly finish repair?

My wife bought a MIC uke yesterday. Sounds great, and she got a terrific discount on it because there's a bit of finish missing on the edge of the top, lower bout, that goes through to the wood. Looks to me like someone gouged or scraped it, as opposed to just being a mistake when it was made. It's a fairly expensive uke, at least for us, so the discount really helped.

Anyway, she loves how it sounds and plays, so we'll keep it, but I'm wondering if there's any way to repair the finish to protect the wood. The exposed area is about 1 1/2" long, about 1/32 wide, if that. The finish is fairly thick and looks to be some sort of plastic material, most likely poly I would think, definately not lacquer.

Any ideas on what might be compatible with this material (or what it actually might be)? My wife suggested clear nail polish but I don't want to try that if it might harm the surrounding finish.

Any thoughts welcome.

Dennis
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