How To Mend Scratches on Electric Guitars

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Description: This guide can be used for most electric guitar...

Steps:

  1. Clean the guitar body with all purpose cleaner and a cloth towel.
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  3. Use tape to cover the plastic and metal components on the guitar body.
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  5. Sand the body of the guitar with fine-cut sandpaper.
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  7. Spray a clean cloth towel with a small amount of water and soap.
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  9. Add a small amount of fine-cut polish to the cloth towel from step 5.
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  11. Buff the body of the guitar until the polish isn't noticeable.
  12. Buff in small circular motions.
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  14. Use cotton swabs to soak up any remaining moisture from the buffing in step 7.
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  16. Use a wax applicator to gather a medium amount of wax.
  17. Dab the wax on the body of the guitar.
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  19. Wipe off any excess paste wax from the previous step.
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  21. Remove the painters tape.
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