Hi - I'm donating a mandolin to a good cause and before handing it over, I took the armrest off and was disappointed to see that the clamp "cushions" left residue on the surface of the top. I've used guitar polish but there was definitely some sort of reaction. Got me concerned about my other (nicer) mandolins so I immediately took those armrests off to check. One left a bit of shadow on my old Gibson A3 - it's not a big deal and no issue on my 2018 Girouard but now I'm gun shy and don't want too reinstall them. Too bad because I really do like the positioning. I'll play for a while without - probably something I can get used to pretty easily.
Has anyone else had this problem and/or is there a fix for this? Was thinking maybe something between the instrument body and the cushion but that gets pretty precise and I'd still worry about "bleed through" over time, I think.
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