Hello,
I recently took my beloved Collings MT to a local (and renowned) luthier to have a K&K pickup installed. Living in the UK I couldn’t get it back to Collings to do the job.
I was told by the luthier that he had spilt some glue on the top surface which started to reacted with the satin nitroceluse finish. He then told me that he had used a substance to clean this glue off. Whatever this substance was (and I’d assume it contained some sort of solvent or alcohol) has reacted with the top finish of the mandolin in places, causing it to go shiny and streaky. It certainly doesn’t look great.
Although I know the finish can’t be repaired I have read some horror stories about alcohol dissolving the satin finish and seeping into the wood damaging the instrument itself and stories of the satin finish becoming soft and rubbing off.
It looks OK at the moment, it’s just shiny and smooth, but any advice/ opinions would be very greatly recieved!
Thank you very much in advance!
Thomas
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