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White spot on french polish?
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estebanana
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RE: White spot on french polish? (in reply to elroby)
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This is my first FP guitar and I just wanted to know if there would be any structural issues down the road. There can be. Wipe the moisture off them because it can damage the shellac over time and allow moisture to get to glued seams. It can also, in combination with excessive atmospheric dampness, cause mold to grow inside the guitar. Many people who lean their cheek on the upper bout can put enough moisture on the guitar to do damage to that area, especially if they use alcohol based shaving lotions. That can be sweated onto the upper bout over time. I've seen and treated a few guitars with mold inside. It is really easy to disinfect mold, you take very mild dilute bleach solution and apply it to the area on the inside. Then you wash it very carefully with clear water a few times to remove the bleach. But don't do it yourself, take a guitar with a mold problem to a qualified restorer for a consultation. Mold issues are probably the worst case scenario as a result of excessive sweat moisture contact. All that said, I agree with the makers and players who say don't treat the instrument like an object of obsession for the finish. Guitars get worked over, especially flamenco guitars. There is no place for being brutal to a guitar, but some natural wear and tear is to be expected. And it can be touched up from time to time to keep the layers of shellac from becoming too thin in any one area. In contrast to the violin world the guitar world is really fetishizing of the finish to the point of being ridiculous. Many 350-400 year old violins have survived because they are touched up periodically. The practice is to not refinish them and try to make them prefect, but to conserve as much original finish as possible. However over the course of 300 years so much finish can wear off the violin that not much original finish is left. This places a high value on violins that have more original finish, they don't however try to make them look new, they just treat them and accept that they will wear. Treating a guitar like it's a fetishized finish on new sports car is tedious and makes one go crosseyed. Just wiping it down is good and then once in while have the dings filled or touched up. That's healthy care. It's a tool for making music.
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