Re: Second opinion on vintage Italian bowl back mandolin
Our sadly departed amigo, Pablo Hostetter, always recommended Triflow for lubricating tuning gears and I took him up on it and find it to be great for the job...both in terms of penetration and l'accumulo di gunk.
I doubt if there was any top finish to have been removed.
From my experience it has been very common to find Italian bowlbacks, particularly the MOR versions, to be without much, if any, top finish.
I've heard tell that a light coat of wax might have been initially applied, but have no verification of that.
Dave Hyndes relates that he has used a light wipe down of a lemon oil product on the bowlbacks he restores.
Mick
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