I posted awhile back about this mandolin. I know it is from the "Dark Period" but it belonged to a dear friend of mine who bought it new (still have original paperwork and case). He was retired and played it most everyday until his illness and passing in 1999. Afterwards the family got it and kept it in their house in a closet untouched until this past week. I had contacted them about buying it. No other family members are interested in the mandolin. Anyway long story short is I was given the mandolin by a family member. They said he would want his pickin buddy to have it. We played quite a lot together back in the 80's and early 90's. I care nothing about selling it I just want to clean the gunk off and set it up to play but not sure what type of finish was used on this one and what I could use to give it a good cleaning. The finish looks to have an orange hue to it. Is that normal or did this occur because of being in the case all these years? Any help on the proper cleaning would be appreciated.
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