theflyingturtle Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 I went to see my luthier yesterday. He showed me a brand new American Standard SG a guy brought in that his girlfriend tried to clean with..... Ready for this? You better sit down.... Fingernail polish remover!!! She was even nice enough to clean the headstock by rubbing real hard! There were wipe marks going up, down, across, at an oblique angle, and deep scrubbing marks. Unless the guitar is refinished it'll look that way forever and ever. I've never seen worse. My luthier remarked that if it was a cheap SG with a poly finish it would have been fine. It was tragic. It was an honest mistake but man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelT Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Yeah, that's it. Blame the girlfriend. I'm not sure of anyone who would continue destroying the finish on a guitar once they see that the finish is coming off, especially if it was someone else's guitar, unless she did it on purpose just to be mean. That's a LOT of fingernail polish remover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Oh my God! Poor boy, poor girlfriend I'm just wondering who has to comfort whom after this bad accident :unsure: I think she will never try again to clean the guitar after refinishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Yeah, that's it. Blame the girlfriend. I'm not sure of anyone who would continue destroying the finish on a guitar once they see that the finish is coming off, especially if it was someone else's guitar, unless she did it on purpose just to be mean. That's a LOT of fingernail polish remover! I guess it won't take much acetone to make a nitro-finished instrument a case for refinishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Forrest Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Oh man what a heart breaker for both of you. So sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflyingturtle Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Oh man what a heart breaker for both of you. So sorry. Oh it wasn't me. I just saw the aftermath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 nail polish remover? wth?? using something that smells that bad, can never come to much good.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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