LeoVannucci

Well guys here’s the result, in short words. virtuoso did remove all of the “cloudiness” that was sitting on top of the lacquer, remember that the compressed air “liquid” fell on the guitar as a blob of liquid, as a drop of water that “splashed” leaving a circle with little “tentacles” around it. Virtuoso has made this invisible in terms of no white colouration is visible, however unfortunately to me, this “liquid” out of the compressed air can did “corrode” or “eat” a bit of the clear coat, so while you can’t feel it with your fingers or can’t even really see it at all, if you angle the guitar on the light you will see it there, but as an indentation and not a stain. The crackling that was accidentally caused with the compressed air can was of course, not able to be removed.

Nah… just a quick buff to see if it works and if it doesn’t, no problem and no extra harm done.

Actually I’m going to remove my pickguard, the bridge and the volume knob, so I can effectively buff this stain out, it’s quite big and it’s all around the bottom side of the pickguard too. It will take some time.

I wasn’t able to do this yesterday, I want to have the right time frame… I’ll do it tonight for sure!

Ok guys just got the Virtuoso stuff today. I’ll try it out tonight and let you know! Wish me luck!

I love this! 🤣🤣🤣

I’m just waiting for the Virtuoso stuff to arrive and try it. I’m not worried, as a matter of fact, my OCD hasn’t kicked in at all, lol. I just want to remove the “splatter” shaped pattern if possible, and if it doesn’t go away, I’ll live with it. I play this guitar everyday for practice and will use it live so as I’ve previously said, it’s bound to get damaged for sure and I love it.

I did think of that and as a matter of fact I did try using the blower too. Nothing happened. I could’ve let the are get a lot hotter than what I did, but in all honesty I don’t think it’s worth the risk of ruining things. I was told via email by Gibson that the superficial “octopus” shaped splatter, will probably disappear using a cleaner such as Virtuoso, but, the checking I caused, won’t unless it’s deeply buffed (with a wheel) since it will melt the nitro with friction and also buff it at the same time…

True however he did this to get the finished checked/crackled. I don’t mind the little crackling that happened on mine, I just want to remove the white haze around it (superficial).

Thanks jdgm! The music scene is pretty colourful… it goes from everything you’ll find in probably everywhere these days (rock, blues, metal, jazz, rap, electronic, pop, pop rock, etc) to of course the typical stuff from Peru (folk music of the Andes, cumbia, salsa, and things that are of course latin oriented). I’d say the taste in music has changed in the past 20 years, before, the only thing “mainstream” was the mentioned Peruvian music, however these, there’s a much bigger audience and support for everything guitar oriented too. Peru is now also one of the main countries in South America included in the world tours of many big artists such as Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns & Roses and more. I personally play guitar in a “punk rock metal” band called Bastardos and I do vocals in a metal band called Prometeo. Here are the links for you to check them out: https://instagram.com/bastardosperu?utm_medium=copy_link https://instagram.com/prometeoperu?utm_medium=copy_link

Hehe, those are all mods done myself. Here’s the spec list: 2021 Gibson Les Paul Junior (Vintage Tobacco Burst) Upgrades: Kluson Locking Tuners and metal buttons Schaller S-Locks WD Custom Pickguards Custom pickguard Graph Tech Guitar Labs Sonic 1 Bridge String Butler V3 Gibson Accesories: Gold Speed knob & Top Hat knob (mismatched) and Historic knob pointers GRUV GEAR Fretwrap black Wedgie pick holder Elixir Strings Optiweb 10-46 — en Perú.

Logic sometimes works in mysterious ways my friend! Trust me, being dangerously OCD about guitars for over 25 years of owning them - and, knowing myself and how crazy I used to get on stuff like this, my new logic is the least expensive (both money and mentally wise) for me. On a side note, I live in Peru; I’ve had bad experiences with luthiers, most of them like to take parts of your expensive guitar. That’s why I’ve learned to work on them myself years ago. Never had to deal with this air compressed thing… I guess I just learned that too the hard way.

Thanks man, this gives me great hope!

I believe what left a splatter shaped haze in the finish might be the chemical components from the can (some sort of ether). Hopefully the cleaner from Virtuoso will help, I’ll find out soon… The small checking happened in fact, due to the cold temp of said liquid.

Thanks Whitefang. I mean, there’s not much that I can actually do (or be willing to do) in case the Virtuoso stuff doesn’t work. I won’t refinish the guitar or take it to a luthier in all honsesty. This is my live guitar, which will get dinged and damaged for sure in the coming years… thank good it’s not my Les Paul Standard Goldtop which I only use at home hehe. If the polishing idea doesn’t work (Virtuoso), I may consider sticking a pick holder in the stained area, or maybe even get the courage and to the whole relic thing on the rest of the guitar lol, who knows! I’ll keep you guys posted once I receive the products and test them out.

Apparently, from what I’ve learned through research, the splatter stain I’ve got is similar to what happens when you try and clean nitro finished guitars with alcohol or acetone. It causes a white haze on nitro which “should” be able to be removed with naphtha and the Virtuoso stuff.

According to some research I’ve done online, the Virtuoso stuff will hopefully be able to help… I just ordered the cleaner and polish so I hope that works!

Hello, Here’s what happened… I bought a can of compressed air, as I’ve used it many times before to clean dust off stuff. After restringing my Gibson LP Junior, I decided to spray off the dust and debris around the bridge. Unfortunately a blob of the liquid inside the can came out while spraying and fell on the guitar’s finish - picture a splatter of sorts. I thought it would come right off… it seems to be a permanent stain or mark, not to mention that the finish has seemed to “check” itself. I tried polishing with the Gibson Pump polish for a very long time, nothing changed except that it seems that this “splatter” stain has seemed to become a bit less notable or a bit more transparent yet very much still there. How can I fix this? I need help please. No, I’m not interested in “relic’ing” the rest of the guitar or anything like that. I want this to go away and go back to where it was, I hope there’s a way. Thanks!

Big question again is though... should I keep the packs in the case or get rid of them ?

Hi guys! Its been a while since I started this thread (almost 6 months) and I need some more advice. I’ve been using the Humidipacks and been monitoring with the Humiditrak unit. My case stays at a constant 68 to 70% humidity with the packs. No, I don’t use air conditioning unfortunately where I keep my guitars and summer is coming next month. In Peru we have a constant 90% humidity weather. Should I remove the packs or keep them in?

Thanks man! I just installed the included Humidipak system and ordered the Humiditrak Bluetooth kit to be safe. Quick question. I’ve placed the guitars warranty card under the Humidipak that goes under the headstock area... will it get “wet”? I mean, do these packs actually exude moisture? I wouldn’t want my warranty to get wet...

Will do! What about using the Humidipak with my weather type 85% humity year round...?

the guitar came with those D’Addario Humidacks, that’s exactly what I was asking about. Should I use them on my kind of weather? Also, should I keep the guitar on it’s original case all the time? I’m asking since I’ve also bought a MONO M80 Case for gigging and was thinking about keeping it there... what do you think?

So I shouldn’t use those packs that came with the guitar?