Thread: Rosewood factory stocks question
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Old 10-03-2018, 04:41 PM
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I have found that most of the rosewood stocks from the 50s-70's seem to have a heavy finish that sometimes gets on the medallions. My thought is that the rosewood is so porous that they needed to have more coats (or some different type of finish) applied due to it being absorbed.
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