I mentioned this before in another post but I can't remember where right now but there is a firm near me who polish belt buckles and stuff like that for Prada, Gucci ,D and G etc.,after polishing, all of the stuff is dipped in dry cleaning fluid (tetrachloroethelene) then given a coat of acrylic lacquer ,the same sort of stuff you can get in cans from auto parts places, I've made a few guitar bridges and used that technique on them and they really have to stand up to a lot of wear from your hand, one I put on one of my guitars a couple of years ago and despite the sweat and everything it still looks good as new!
Giles
Giles
