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I am selling a guitar and need to clean up some minor scratches on the pick guard. I don't have a buffer. Thinking of a drill mounted or angle grinder mounted wheel. Or maybe not. Please advise as to products and steps.
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Why not just do it by hand? Some Meguiars (or similar) compounds and some 'elbow grease' will get it done pretty quickly.

If you are using power buff of some kind, be careful not to grab the edge of the soundhole with the buff. I had a 'near miss' with a hand-held electric drill 'sheepskin' buff one time, but managed to keep the guitar off the floor.

Cheers
John

Thanks John,
By hand is fine. I was wondering what compound to start with. I know that depends on how deep the scratches are etc. but some idea of the succession of compounds for a starting point is what I am after.
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If the typical double stick adhisve tape Stewmac sell for pickguards a buffer will not drage it off or cause it to lift. the corner is way too small for the wheel to grab. You can buff on a buff with no issue. I do it all the time. You will have to come back and with a soft wood stickand a soft cloth to remove compound that builds up in the corner formed by the pickguard and the top but that take 2 min.

Check out stewmacs free info re binding a mandolin pickguard..... he sands & buffs when done

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Dave
Milton, ON

I have removed scratches from plastic by wet sanding with MicroMesh. It's often difficult to determine which grit to start with so start at an obviously finer grit than the scratch and just go backwards until the scratch pattern becomes uniform. Then go back up through the grits until you take it to 12,000. By that time it will be mirror shiny. This also works well on plastic prescription lenses.

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JJ
Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

Thanks everyone.

Thanks JJ. that makes sense.
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