fixing a few scratches

[banjofish]

I just bought a new ..used eastman 615..Just love it..It does have a few small srcatches not very deep in the finish on the top. Not a big deal..but I was wondering if there is a way to rub them out or ?? thanks

[testore]

Take it to a GOOD violin shop. It's very simple, basic violin retouch.

[testore]

Hey I just notice you're in port orchard. I have a lot of family there. Love it. Plenty of good shops in Seattle. Check out Lasley and Russ, Dwayne Lasley is a mandolin guy and should be able to handle it with ease.

[Pete Jenner]

Make up your mind. Is it a port or an orchard?

[Ivan Kelsall]

You have to forgive our US cousins Peter. Have you ever wondered why these folks always say Paris ''France'' ?. It's because they have 24 cities & 10 towns named Paris of their own - i love it !!!. Lots of beautiful place names in the US,very evocative of wide open spaces (mostly). ''Ripshin Thicket'' & ''Jerk 'em tight Ridge'' spring to mind.For those folks in the USA with an enquiring bent of mind,you owe it to yourself to read this book :- ''A Treasury of American Folklore'' - lots of great stories & info.about things mostly unknown to modern man ( & women)!,
Ivan

[UsuallyPickin]

And to add to the mess there is a Greenville in every state...... yup even Hawaii ... R/

[Rodney Riley]

I'll give a shout before our members from Conroe Texas posts. They live just down the road from "Cut and Shoot".

[pfox14]

Really depends on how deep the scratches are. Minor or light surface scratches can be fixed with automotive scratch remover compound and some polish. Deeper scratches would have to be buffed out on a wheel and most people don't have a good heavy-duty buffing wheel, so that would be a job for a luthier.

[Rick Lindstrom]

Don't leave out Sopchoppy, Two Egg, and Bend of the River.

You have to forgive our US cousins Peter. Have you ever wondered why these folks always say Paris ''France'' ?. It's because they have 24 cities & 10 towns named Paris of their own - i love it !!!. Lots of beautiful place names in the US,very evocative of wide open spaces (mostly). ''Ripshin Thicket'' & ''Jerk 'em tight Ridge'' spring to mind.For those folks in the USA with an enquiring bent of mind,you owe it to yourself to read this book :- ''A Treasury of American Folklore'' - lots of great stories & info.about things mostly unknown to modern man ( & women)!,
Ivan

[Bernie Daniel]

And to add to the mess there is a Greenville in every state...... yup even Hawaii ... R/

Well not quite -- there are 37 Greenvilles in the US and some of them are not really towns but "census designated places" which sometimes is merely the place where a town was started but no longer is officially consolidated.

[Bernie Daniel]

Don't leave out Sopchoppy, Two Egg, and Bend of the River.

Those are good -- we have Knockemstiff, Pee Pee, and Liars Corner here in Ohio.......

[kkmm]

I have watched many you tube videos showing how to remove scratches, bought the "scratch remover bottle" from auto part store and a random orbit buffing machine (hand held). After doing the works as shown in the videos, the scratches (light ones) are still there !!! I do a test run on a piece of scrap wood (has finish on it, create a light scratch), it did not work either.
The only way to make it go is to sand deep then reapply the finish. But I avoid this on my mandolin as there is no way for me to restore the shining finish on it. Still learning on how to do instrument finishing by trial and error !!

[Tommcgtx]

There's only one Truth or Consequences, that I know of, and it's in New Mexico. Very cool name for a town, if you ask me.

I've been wondering about scratches myself. My Eastman 305 has some light scratches, mostly just light stuff from fingernails and bumps. It's very thin.

[Mike Arakelian]

Don't forget Bird In Hand, Intercourse, and Paradise, PA...three towns in a row out near Lancaster in Amish country...

[sunburst]

In West Virginia:

[Denny Gies]

Love the way we got from scratches to crazy city names. I think there is a Blue Balls also in Pa.

[Pete Jenner]

In West Virginia:

...and I was assured it never would. Some very strange things are going to happen now...

We have some pretty out there names too. For example: Mt Buggery, Come by Chance, Tom Ugly Point, Wonglepong, Nowhere Else, Banana, Bong Bong, Grong Grong, Book Book, Wagga Wagga, Gumly Gumly, 2x Chinaman's Knobs, Foul Bay, Woodenbong, Coffin Bay, Useless Loop, Wooloolmooloo, 1770, Nhill and lots more. I even left out the really rude ones.

[Bernie Daniel]

I just bought a new ..used eastman 615..Just love it..It does have a few small srcatches not very deep in the finish on the top. Not a big deal..but I was wondering if there is a way to rub them out or ?? thanks

Hard to advise from just a description of a ding -- a pic is much better. As noted very light scratches can be easily removed by buffing -- I like very fine micromesh pads -- Stew Mac sells a set or 11 pads running from 1500 to 120000 grit for less than $15. I like to use these pads with a little bit of water and just a touch of hand soap. It keeps the pad from filling with sand-off dust. Start course and work your way to the fine grit.

If the scratches are too deep to buff out and the finish is nitro lacquer (not varnish!!) then you could try to fill and buff but that is a totally different and more difficult issue and unless you have some practice at it yourself it is best left to professional repair staff IMO.

[Rick Lindstrom]

Pete-

Isn't there an Outer Woop Woop somewhere in Oz?

...and I was assured it never would. Some very strange things are going to happen now...

We have some pretty out there names too. For example: Mt Buggery, Come by Chance, Tom Ugly Point, Wonglepong, Nowhere Else, Banana, Bong Bong, Grong Grong, Book Book, Wagga Wagga, Gumly Gumly, 2x Chinaman's Knobs, Foul Bay, Woodenbong, Coffin Bay, Useless Loop, Wooloolmooloo, 1770, Nhill and lots more. I even left out the really rude ones.

[Pete Jenner]

It's just Woop Woop Rick and it's anywhere that's a long way from here.

[Marty Jacobson]

There's a lake somewhere further west.. it's called Wota Lotawata...
And there is a lot of water, sure 'nuf.

[Ivan Kelsall]

It's only quite recently that i discovered that one of my favourite Bill Monroe twin fiddle tunes, "Stoney Lonesome", was named after a town in Indiana - great names withsome character & most likely named by some character as well !,
Ivan http://youtu.be/MZX-igXu_6g

[Mike Arakelian]

Love the way we got from scratches to crazy city names. I think there is a Blue Balls also in Pa.

Close, it's Blue Bell, but give it some time and who knows what might happen to the name.

[Michael Bridges]

Just a few miles from my home town in N.C. is an even smaller town called "Kaiser". Legend tells that the original name was going to be "Caesar", but nobody knew how to spell it.

[Pete Jenner]

Haha Mike. If only I had been there to proof read Webster's work.