The top was fiinshed but unpolished so i took to it with the Poorboys Pro Polish (Silicone-free)..... did a great job on it. So one day I'm giving the top another polish and without thinking, i got stuck into the unfinished open-pore back and sides. Looked great..... for about two days. Then the white stains/polish/pumice build-up appeared. Ffs..... what an idiot i was. I KNEW that this happens but it went right out of my head.
Tried quite a number of things..... naptha,70% alcohol hand sanitiser, Brasso (I willing to try anything lol), washing up liquid, Turps, white spirit, heat from an iron along with a cloth and some tinfoil to protect the iron to melt and soak up the dried polish, a pencil eraser.... but nichts. Eventually tried raw Linseed oil..... and it bloody near enough worked...... its about 98% better than it was.Not perfect but a damn sight better than it was. Rubbed in it with a cloth and worked into the grain with an old toothbrush then wiped it off.
Just thought I'd post about in case anyone else was as dim as i was and didn't manage to find a solution; oil for wood that won't go rancid seems to be the answer.
The guitar isn't one I'm particularly precious about; its an Eastman E1D that I bought to kick around my local but those white marks bugged the tits off me.
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Nope..... great for other stuff but useless for this sort of thing.
It removed an ugly, dark stain caused by forearm sweat on the top of a Martin D-35.
EDIT: if you have trouble finding it, contact Steve Curtis at the Guitar Repair Workshop in Salford. He'll sell you a bottle and mail it if you can't get there.
Well done mate
Aaah..... no sweat, Mellish...... cheers, man:)