French polishing glaze-coat question

**Tavy** · May-28-2012, 2:22am

Originally Posted by Max Girouard

Another thing to note about the PlasX is that you have to get all of it off after polishing. I left a spot on the back of a peghead once and it ate the FP. Looks great!

That's scary!

What do you remove with - just the good old damp cloth? How long did it take before you could see it was eating away?

**Tony Francis** · May-28-2012, 7:03am

Most polishes will do that, even to lacquer.

**Max Girouard** · May-28-2012, 8:10am

Originally Posted by Tavy

That's scary!

What do you remove with - just the good old damp cloth? How long did it take before you could see it was eating away?

I just use a soft cloth and make sure I get it all. I noticed the next morning that I had left a little spot on the back of the peghead the previous night. (I was tired and it was late).

**Hobo** · May-31-2012, 3:20pm

This may be old news to some of you, but I found this FP tutorial to be very helpful in learning the process and finishing several ukulele's I've built: http://www.milburnguitars.com/fpbannerframes.html
I've used "Mequiar's ScratchX 2.0" for the final polish and it worked wonderfully.