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No not the kind you eat...down South we got plenty of those. I was just wondering if any of you folks use Menzerna Stick compound to finish your guitars. I always French Polish my guitars so I have little need or use for compound stuff or the buffer...until... I took on a re-finish job that required me to shoot Nitro. Well I am at the buffing stage and ordered the three finest Menzerna blocks from LMI(FMEZF,FMEZW,FMEZVF - Ivory, olive, tan). The tan looks to me to be the same shade as the Olive...I guess they are different, I don't know. They arrived yesterday and appear to be rock hard...is this normal?What do you guys use? TIA

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Dave Bland

remember...

"If it doesn't play in tune...it's just pretty wood"

Yeah, you have to load up each wheel with a different grit. But once you get going it gets easy. Just watch it on the edges. The buffer can rip the guitar right out of your hands, also can burn through your finish. Have you seen the setup on frets.com. I took his advice and set my buffer up that way and am begining to get really good results.

By the way Kenny Hill guitars where I studied does use a buffer on their french polish and get good results.

Dave, for grits and sticks you are looking for, check out www.eastwood.com They're an automotive supplier, and they have a very wide variety of sticks for buffing wheels, at very reasonable prices. IIRC, it's roughly 11.00 for three sticks of jewlers rouge.M.E. Brune38878.6258680556

Thanks Everyone!

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Dave Bland

remember...

"If it doesn't play in tune...it's just pretty wood"