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Tag Archives: popote

Restoration of old Bina Musicals sitar

SiTAR FAcToRY Posted on Saturday, 7 April 2007 by AnandaThursday, 21 March 2013

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This 40 years old Bina Musicals sitar came in for repair.

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Posted in repair | Tagged Bina Musicals, popote, Restoration, SitarRepair, tumba | 2 Replies

Body Cleaning

SiTAR FAcToRY Posted on Saturday, 7 April 2007 by AnandaFriday, 5 July 2024

Before :

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After :

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How to do ?
This victim is a 40 years old Bina Musicals sitar from Delhi.

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What you need is a small bottle with popote and 2 pieces of clean cotton cloth.
Popote is an amazing strong natural cleaning product, especially made for shellac finish polished bodies.
It removes all dirt and grease, and restores the finish to its original state and makes it shining as new again.

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Shake the popote very well !!! and apply 2-3 drops on a small piece of cotton cloth.

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Rub it firmly on the dirty surface. Work in a small zone (approx. 10cms x 10cms) at the time.

As the dirt comes off, the cloth becomes black and the surface looks mat.

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Before the popote dries completely up, rub the cleaned zone with another clean cotton cloth. Then the surface becomes shiny.

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If the surface was very dirty, repeat the process untill no more dirt is to be removed – the cotton cloth remains clean too.

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Complete the whole instrument, working on zone after zone.

Finally rub the whole surface with the clean cotton cloth.

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The instruments’ shellac finish looks like new.

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VERY IMPORTANT is that you shake the popote very well and surely almost constantly during use (firmly just before applying some drops on the cotton).

Also work on small zones one by one covering the whole surface at the end.

Try to avoid to touch metal parts since popote possibly can cause oxidation on the metal surface.

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