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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 BinaMusicals, popote, Restoration, SitarRepair, tumba | 2 Replies

Body Cleaning

Sitar Factory Posted on Saturday, 7 April 2007 by AnandaWednesday, 16 January 2013

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 popote and 2 pieces of clean cotton cloth.
Popote is a very strong natural cleaning product, especially made for shellack polished bodies.
It removes all dirt and grease, and makes the polish shining as new again.

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Shake the popote very well and apply some on a piece of cotton cloth.

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Rub it firmly on the dirty surface. Work in one small zone 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 up, polish the cleaned zone with another clean cotton cloth. Then the surface becomes very shiny.

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If the result isn’t good enough, repeat the process.

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Complete the whole instrument, working on zone after zone.

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The instruments’ polish looks like new.

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