Paco Marin Classical Guitars/Screwed Up And Used Lemon Oil

[Andrew Krzywonski]

Man, 47 and still making stupid mistakes!! Was not thinking when I was working on this Paco Marin Classical, reached for some Kyser/Lemon Oil, wiped it on and it left a milky finish, is there any hope to bring back, can I use a wood cleaner? Can someone help me out, forgot about the hand rubbed process, man I feel like crap!!

And I have asked three people if they have heard of a Paco Marin Mod 24!

Thanks
I must have brain damage

[Greg Mirken]

Wow, that's nasty! Add me to the list of people who haven't heard of Paco Marin. Is it a French polish finish? How familiar are you with the process? Alcohol will most likely remove the blush, but you better know what you're doing! Maybe a less volatile solvent will work. Needless to say, test in a small, inconspicuos area first.

[FRANK]

JUST BUFF IT OUT BRO

[thefishinmusician]

Listen to bow thru head guy....you could be in trubble...test first..altho' I may be inclined to go with a medium buffing compound to see if anything happened...if you get results,....Do the rest and thank the gods that rule over ooooopses...

[thefishinmusician]

Just rethinking my thinking.....What caued this???

[Len Biglin]

Wow does anyone know why this happened? Len

[FRANK]

DID YOU BUFF IT WITH WET SAND PAPER AND OIL?

[FRANK]

AH ARE YOU WATCHING SPONGE BOB?

[FRANK]

DID YOU USE WET SAND PAPER AND OIL?

[Bob Webster]

Yoweeee, Andrew. Next time....

First off, the info on Paco Marin is at this link: http://www.zavaletas-guitarras.com/files/n-05PSM1.htm. This is no wanna-be builder and, as you'll see at the link, the finish is French Polish. So..., what to do? BUFFING AIN'T GONNA GET THIS ONE. Been there on that.

The best way to beat this hazing is by going over the affected areas with a relatively dilute shellac, 1/4 to 1/2lb cut delivered by the French polish method. One might get away with just alcohol but it's really better to have a little shellac there to counteract the dissolution of shellac from the finish. Lubricate the pad with a drop of olive oil to keep the pad from sticking. Also, such a dilute shellac prep wiill not leave streak or swirl marks. It will probably take a couple of passes over the body to clear the haze.

Honestly, if you're not experienced in DOING French polish, bite the bullet and farm it out to someone who is. This is a valuable guitar that is currently a disaster and the client is not going to be very happy with a partial result on his investment.

Best of luck,
Bob

[Bob Webster]

For the record, all of the very experienced practitioners of FP that I know use Maguiar's Show Car Glaze No. 7 to clean up and polish their guitars as the very last step. Leaves the guitar with a lustrous wet look and squeeky clean. So, next time you get a guitar in and your homework tells you that it has a French Polished finish,.... Shellac is also completely resistant to naphtha so that can be used for more stubborn stuff on the finish.

Bob

[Donald A. Fortune]

Hi Andrew- you might try a bit of toung oil on that finish-- even if it doesnt do the trich it shouldnt hurt any finish thats on it ... best to you --
Donald

[Bob Webster]

Actually, not so. It will make further repair of the finish nearly impossible without sanding, etc.

Bob