leehop71
Junior Member
Hey all! I've got a lacquer finish now and wanted to know what the consensus is on what to keep in the case to clean the lacquer finish body?
Hey all! I've got a lacquer finish now and wanted to know what the consensus is on what to keep in the case to clean the lacquer finish body?
If it's not dirty already, a damp cotton cloth.
Old white cotton tee-shirts are ideal.
Microfiber is harder than lacquer and will dull it down with micro-scratches.
Like GAD said you don't really need to put much of anything on there for long times if you wipe it down after every use.
Too much polish actually creates wax build up.
I only use pump polish on the guitars when I change strings and that's less than once a year at my current rate of play.
OK, maybe a couple of times a year at most.
PLUS:
IF the guitar has finish flaws/checking/damage, silicones contained in most polishes can penetrate to the wood under the finish and start making problems.
Is this that G37 you linked to last week?
Last I heard, Virtuoso is silicone free as are a couple of others, like Dunlop.
But these days with poly finish being the norm, a lot of makers don't bother to warn about silicones and the potential foo damage to NCL finishes.
I think it depends a lot on your body chemistry.
My skin/sweat is like acid for my guitars.
TX:
If I counted correctly, you have 22 Guild guitars listed and 2 amps. Cleaning ain't no 30 minute to hour job for you. Wow, what a stable of thoroughbreds you have!
Cleaning for me is a piece of good cotton cloth and light dusting after each days playing. I rotate guitars each day so I have only one to clean.
Roughly, one to two minutes then back in the case.
Wow on other guitars TX. I knew you had the Greco and had a hunch you had other fine guitars. Shoot, Chet Adkins didn't have 3 Gretsch Black Falcons. You must experience daily conflict-"which rare guitar will I play today?"
TX:
There is no way I could NOT have that guitar in every picture I posted. I looked at each picture several times and could not, even, decide which was my favorite picture. Talk about conflict! To do hommage to your collection--from now on when I exit the house--I will pause and bow to the Southwest.
Meguiar's #9 and #2 are used on most guitar repair shops to clean off wax residues, and other types of contaminants, both NCL and poly.
I use Gibson's pump polish. Excellent for daily cleaning to remove dust, finger prints, nitro haze...
For swirls, light scratches and such either Virtuoso polish or Player's kit polish