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Could a Mexican Martin Custom X model Dread be buffed out to a gloss, by polish sand and buff?

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Measure Twice,

Karl Borum

X model Martins have a HPL back and sides, spruce top. At least the one that I just repaired did. The finish on the top looks pretty thin, I don't know if there is enough there to buff, I rather doubt it. The back has a mahogany looking wood grain in the outer layer - I don't think there is any finish at all. Can it be buffed? I don't know, probably wouldn't hurt to try.

The one I worked on had been dropped and the back to side seam had been split. A piece of the back had been broken out - I was able to put it all back together with CA. I lightly sanded some of the edges of the broken piece and got a white line indicating that I had sanded thru the outer "wood" layer. I did some drop filling with CA, scraped back level and went over the repair with 0000 steel wool to restore the satin finish.

There is no finish on those Formica guitars.

The white line was the bottom of the plastic laminate on top of the phenolic base. It's basically kitchen counter material.....

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Brian

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