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Guitar Polish Recommendations – Silicone Free?
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Guitar Polish Recommendations – Silicone Free?
I’d like to start a discussion about guitar polishes. We have always been careful to use only non-silicone products on nitro finishes. We previously used Stewmac Preservation polish for years, but they don’t offer that product anymore. We recently had maybe what was a bad batch of Stewmac “Clean and Shine” that was softening nitro finishes so we trashed it and haven’t purchased anymore. The first bottle we got worked great, but the second one seemed like a totally different product.
For the poly finishes we like the Music Nomad “ONE” polish. They only say that it is “safe” on all finishes, but have never answered the silicone question directly, even when I’ve emailed customer service directly. Their cream based guitar polish says silicon-free and it works really well on nitro…but it’s the longer polishing process we don’t like about that.
Would love to hear what you’ve used and liked, and whether you think the silicon issue is important to consider.
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I’m a huge fan of the Meguiar’s Mirror Glaze products in the tan bottles. It’s “body shop safe” so it contains no silicon and the number 7 blend contains no abrasives and will brighten and clean up even the dirtiest and dullest finishes. I use the number 9 swirl remover blend after I have wet sanded a finish to remove the leftover light scratches. Then follow it up with the number 7 if it is still a little dull looking. I have used the StewMac and Music Nomad polish and neither really impressed me. In fact, I don’t care for the StewMac Clean and Shine at all. It seems to only smear prints and other buildups instead of lifting them off. I prefer the Music Nomad over the polish from Stewmac but I’m with you, I can’t find anything from the manufacturer that says it is silicon free. Btw, just a small bit of the Meguiar’s goes a long way. I have found that the more of it you put on, the harder it is to get it off of the instrument completely.
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I miss the old Gibson polish in the aerosol cans. That stuff worked really well to clean and shine old nitro finishes. I don’t like their pump bottle polish they replaced it with. I’m currently using the Meguiar’s stuff too for restoring old finishes and final polish on new finishes, but I haven’t found a good replacement for light cleaning like the Gibson stuff.
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