Pickguard matted by nail polish remover

Nice bass I have the same pickup, nail polish remover is acetone it’s eaten the finish off the surface, you may be able to get it to a matt finish, I doubt that the shine will come back thou, I would use a green 3M and do it wet with a bit of dish soap, bummer the guard looks sweet

 

Make a new one. And lesson learned, never use acetone on plastics or lacquer finishes.

 

It can be 'buffed out' by hand using relatively fine rubbing compound. Using successively finer grits will bring back the shine.

I have used Meguiars products out of habit, but there are many others available.

 

Yes, it is salvageable, but it's some work. Basically, you have to wet-sand it up to about 2500 grit level, and then buff it up to a gloss with a polishing compound. Similar to the final steps of doing a paint finish.

The damaged surface is a bunch of tiny pits (holes). You have to wet level sand the surface to remove those pits, and keep the surface flat. Then, polish it up to a gloss.

If you skip the level sanding and just buff it aggressively, the surface will end up wavy with little pin holes.

 

Use Painter's tape... shouldn't be any residue.

 

it's fixable but it might be less work to just make a new one.

 

@Arie X beat me to it. It will be easier to make a new one. Bet you never make that mistake again.

Plain rubbing alcohol should remove residue without etching if you have that problem. But just use painters tape next time or put a thin layer of mineral oil first to keep the tape from adhering too much.