Thread: Lowden finish
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Old 03-15-2019, 02:26 AM
nikpearson nikpearson is offline
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Default Very tricky indeed!

Lowden use a nitrocellulose finish but hand rub this with very fine wire wool to give the lovely satin look and feel.

The dings you have are in the wood as well as the finish. As mentioned previously the cedar top on this instrument is not very thick. Looking at the soundhole you may think it is but Lowden use a soundhole reinforcement patch similar to those use on classical guitars so the actual top thickness will be half of what you see. To remove the dings you’d have to remove some of this thickness which would change bot( the sound and structural integrity of the instrument.

The only option I can think of would be to drop fill the dents and then try to match the finish on the rest of the guitar using 0000 wire wool or the white Scotchbrite pads. Worth speaking to Lowden directly though.

Cedar is a very soft wood and is therefore prone to this sort of damage. My advice would be to leave well alone and just enjoy what is a lovely guitar.
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