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05-27-2016, 05:05 PM
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Ate the finish off my new Martin!
I am a machinist and get full of oil at work. I usually clean up good but one day I missed some spots. I came home and played a while and put the guitar down when I noticed a spot. I looked at my arm and there was still oil on it. Frantically I got a rag with water and wiped the guitar down, rubbed it with a polishing cloth, hoped for the best. I now have a silver dollar sized spot where my arm was. Happily it still sounds the same. Reminds me of the pre scratched car thread. Well, it's my guitar now!
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05-27-2016, 05:23 PM
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Bummer!
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05-27-2016, 05:24 PM
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Had the binding re glued on my 15 series, yes a custom one, and there was a little bit of glue left on the wood that I just had to get rid of, I just HAD too! I scratched the wood or should I say there is now a huge mark where the glue was, really pisses me off and every time I play it now I look at that dam mark, drives me nuts. Guess it's mine now also.
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05-27-2016, 05:44 PM
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it only takes once.
play music!
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05-27-2016, 08:36 PM
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Have you tried cleaning wit naptha?
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05-27-2016, 11:08 PM
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If you think that's funny, I had a friend who played a set on his D-35 after recently spraying bug spray on his arms. The nitro melted like a crayon in the sun.
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05-28-2016, 06:58 AM
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Saving the finish
I just thought about the warm season and bug spray or sunscreen. Time to break out the part sleeve. I cut the feet out of old socks and use the upper part on my forearm to avoid marring the finish. Folds handily in the case. Works for me but may be too warm for others. Good luck.
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05-28-2016, 08:11 AM
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"silver dollar sized spot".
Humm? How do you know it ate the finish? Is it visibly etched? Is it milky looking? Is it down to bare wood? Unlikely that oil would eat the finish unless there is something like ammonia in there. Window cleaner will. Eat it for sure. A drop of window cleaner will leave an etched in crater that you can clearly see when you look across the light. It could just be a blush if it is just cloudy looking. Then cleaning with naphtha or rubbing out with polishing compound might fix it. Can you post a picture? Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk
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05-28-2016, 08:38 AM
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Every guitar, everytime
As a side note of prevention, I'm with Golffishny above.
I have a sock in every case, and I wear one on my forearm everytime. And I get crap about it from time to time from other players who say it looks awful while I'm on stage. I don't care what they say. I do it, everytime. Prevents more problems than it creates. I take good care of what I care about. But I'm just that way about things. Sorry to hear of your problem shadow714, and maybe johna2u has ideas that will help.
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05-28-2016, 09:04 AM
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Can you post a picture?
Sounds like the oil got under the finish and soaked into the wood. What about some dawn dish soap on a wet rag, it may not totally remove it but it may lighten it up to an acceptable level. The idiot at the garage got some oil on the headliner of my truck dawn dish soap and some elbow grease lightened up the spots, they are still there but a lot lighter than they were. Good luck
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05-28-2016, 09:31 AM
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