Doesn French polish wear off?
French polish is a traditional wood finishing technique that has been used for hundreds of years on fine furniture. When used on a guitar there is a problem though. The spot where the players right arm rest on the lower bout of the guitar is quite easily damaged by wear and sweat. However, a dulcimer has no such spot where the player is always resting their hand or arm. So while there have been problems with french polished guitars it’s still a very good and very strong finish for dulcimers.
