Members The Unknown Posted January 25, 2014 Members Share Posted January 25, 2014 The top of my classical guitar has some scratches. It's a satin finish, and the scratches aren't all that deep (fingernails while strumming I think, not my fingernails though) and are more or less visible depending on what angle your looking at them. Anyways, I was wondering if there's a way I could repair those scratches without refinishing the guitar, or at least attenuate them. Anybody has experience with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted January 25, 2014 Members Share Posted January 25, 2014 Do you know what the finish is? If its a guitar built in the traditional fashion, probably French Polish altho it might be nitrocellulose lacquer. If its a modern guitar, particularly PacRim, it is probably a polyurethaine finish. Each can be touched up either by doing some more French Polishing or "drop filling' with the appropriate material. However scratches and wear is part of playing a guitar and sometimes its better to just leave it alone. And you almost never want to refinish a guitar for a variety of reasons.Tell us what it is and if you know the finish. If not I can help you figure out what the finish might be, we can go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Unknown Posted January 25, 2014 Author Members Share Posted January 25, 2014 It's a recent guitar, the website says it's "custom semi-gloss finish", which doesn't help much... I guess polyrethaine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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