oudplayer - 5-10-2007 at 11:57 AM
Hey guy
I hope you guys are doin well??
I have a question to ask you, I bought a oud from haluk a few years back in israel , and now the face is very dirty and has sweat stains and also
glue stain from when the pick guard fell off and i am not sure what to do at this piont .
I made my own pick guard its a lil hurendous but w/e.
i would liek to make the face darker or as dark as i can get it beasuce of the stain , what do i do and use.
thx sammy
Greg - 5-10-2007 at 06:49 PM
Hey Sammy,
You may be able to remove all the gue and glue stains with lacquer thinners. I bought two "model-3" Haluk ouds that had badly made and badly fitted
mizraplek, so had to replace both. The lacquer thinners worked for me.
The sweat stains look normal for an oud with an unfinished face. I would leave them.
Regards,
Greg
oudplayer - 5-10-2007 at 07:04 PM
Hey greg
Thx alot i think tis model3 but not sure really. i wanna clean it up and put ebony pegs in bc i like turkish ouds bc if the small bowls .
iw ill try to do what u said a bout the thinner i will tell u how it goes and show u some pics after
thx sammy
Greg - 5-11-2007 at 12:29 AM
Use it sparingly Sammy, because you don't want the stain to spread. I just used it to soften the glue and then carefully scraped it off. When you have
the bulk of it off, you should then be able to rub the rest off with a thinners dampened cloth. Good luck.
Greg
Marina - 5-11-2007 at 07:27 AM
Goosh!
What have you done to tis oud?
oudplayer - 5-11-2007 at 09:21 AM
hey guys
marina you dont wanna know lol
thx sammy
oudplayer - 5-29-2007 at 01:23 PM
Hey guys
After a few times of using that laquer most of it came off so i am thankful for that but there still is a strong layer they wont i tryed everything
that i know of so idk what to do now .i tryed scraping while damp while not damp ect .
but still happy how it came out a lil .
plus here is the pickguard that i will be putting on it to cover most of it again
thx sammy
tell me what u think so far.
oudplayer - 5-29-2007 at 01:35 PM
here
oudplayer - 5-29-2007 at 02:05 PM
here is the done element. it look beter then it was.
thx sammy