How to French polish your guitar. Video 7 of 9. 

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Such a great series, such a great gift. thanks, Pablo!

Excellent as usual ! ! Real French Polish in detail tutorial. Most of the videos we can find on RU-vid are treating one phase or just part of one phase, polishing backside what is not a big deal but nobody is covering "difficult areas" and giving solutions. 20 years of experience is more than obvious in these and all other Pablo's Videos.

Many thanks Pablo for your excellent instruction. I have now reached this point in polishing and as my first polishing project is a guitar with oak back and sides, if it wasn’t for your excellent tutoring, I would have given up long ago! Your advice has taught me patience and to ‘read’the wood.

Thank you maestro!

Tus videos cada vez mejores Pablo. El nivel de detalle, el cuidado en llegar al aprendiz, el no guardarse nada...de veras gracias.

Great video Pablo....can you guestimate how many coats you will have applied in total?...I am never sure whether I have applied too much or too little!

Pablo, I'm you fan, your online student and some day I wish to say that I'm you pupil (who knows?). Thanks a lot! About this class, I didn't understand the difference between this three sanding pads that you used. From the first to last one they seems to growing their polish cutting efficiency, but they looks like to be all the same grain. Could you clear this for me?

Pablo, many thanks for these fine tutorials! Do you polish in a separate room? I would think a dust free location would be essential. Thanks Keith Short

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Hello Pablo what grit pads are you doing on the final sanding 1500? Or a little bit courser?

Hi Pablo. An excellent series about french polishing. I have a problem . I bought a classical guitar with a cloudy finish under the lacquer, How do i remedy the problem. The cloudiness is due to humidity when applying the finishing layer.I would be grateful for any advise you could give on the matter.

Really like your lessons Pablo!! Having a problem getting smooth surface on my instrument. Too much fp in pad maybe??

Hello, and thank you for the wonderful videos. Should i polish with shellac without oil after using those sanding pads?

Hey Pablo, so I’m nearing the point where I’m slowing down on my polishing and allowing the polish to shrink, I’m also using more alcohol and less shellac to bring up the gloss. Just today all of a sudden I noticed on my back and side mahogany that each individual pore is sparkling in the light, almost like glitter. It doesn’t show up well on camera but i was able to catch a bit of how it looks in the pic below. Is this an indication I still have a good bit more shellac and polishing to do to the instrument and that I should maintain the normal amount of shellac? Or is this normal and what I can expect from the end result? I’m semi worried that I’m using too much alcohol at this point (7 days polishing) and it’s wearing away all of my built up polish. I will add that I did pore fill with epoxy on the mahogany as well as the rosewood. I hope I’m not taking advantage of your generosity with my questions, I very much appreciate you and your work. imgur.com/gallery/s1255Mn

Hi Pablo, what kind of pads are those ? Where can I get them ?