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Posted: **18 Feb 2011, 15:08**

Why do they charge so much for such a little amount, here are a few items on ebay, spot the difference in price if it's not just for a guitar !

ERNIE BALL GUITAR POLISH & CLOTH COMBO ...................Â£6.99

DUNLOP 65 GUITAR POLISH AND CLEANER 4FL OZ............. Â£9.95

Ernie Ball Palm Size Wonder Wipes Instrument Polish.........Â£7.00

GIBSON GUITAR PUMP ACTION POLISH + CLOTH COMBO.......Â£9.99
Martin Professional Guitar Polish - Pump Spray................. Â£5.50

Aristowax Wood Silk Furniture Polish Non Silicone Spray Â£2.15

Furniture wax Polish..........................................Â£1.80

Posted: **18 Feb 2011, 17:14**

Doesn't it depend on the quantity and type of wax ?
Isn't Carnauba the recommended as being the hardest finish ?
I use Gerlitz Carnauba on the L5. ( It's the only one I polish )

Posted: **18 Feb 2011, 17:49**

I've tried so called 'guitar polishes'. I think they are a con, furniture polish does the trick for me with solid body guitars.
If I owned an expensive classical or flamenco hand-build job I'd maybe think again. But for a laquered instrument polish is polish I think 8-)

Posted: **18 Feb 2011, 18:28**

i personally use Autoglym super resin polish (car stuff) top off with a hard wax by mequiars or autoglym. I do this once every 6 months and the guitars always look brand new

Posted: **18 Feb 2011, 18:55**

In my experience on my JetGlo (black) Rickenbacker, which is very sensitive, by far the best polish is Zymol, a water based cleaner wax made primarily for automobile finishes, but don't let that fool you . . . . it does the job marvelously, and it contains no silicone, which is important if you ever want to repaint your guitar !!! And it smells like coconut.

For minor scratches and swirl marks there is definitely nothing like Meguiar's ScratchX . . . I use both Zymol and ScratchX and the surface of my Rickenbacker looks like a polished black Steinway piano !! And it has worked wonders on my Strat. All my guitars virtually have mirror finishes.

I definitely recommend these two products, which are relatively cheap because they are primarily for automobiles and are sold in relatively large bottles or tubes at almost all gas stations or stores for automobile supplies. I have a plastic 450 ml bottle of Zymol which I will probably never use up.

Bojan (also known as Boing) 8-)

Posted: **18 Feb 2011, 19:10**

ecca wrote:Doesn't it depend on the quantity and type of wax ?
Isn't Carnauba the recommended as being the hardest finish ?
I use Gerlitz Carnauba on the L5. ( It's the only one I polish )

I use the same brand, it may seem expensive but a tin lasts for ever, (well almost). It produces a really hard shine on both nitro and modern finishes, I believe carnauba polish is also used a lot by custom car owners.

Posted: **19 Feb 2011, 10:34**

Bojan wrote:In my experience on my JetGlo (black) Rickenbacker, which is very sensitive, by far the best polish is Zymol, a water based cleaner wax made primarily for automobile finishes, but don't let that fool you . . . . it does the job marvelously, and it contains no silicone, which is important if you ever want to repaint your guitar !!! And it smells like coconut.

For minor scratches and swirl marks there is definitely nothing like Meguiar's ScratchX . . . I use both Zymol and ScratchX and the surface of my Rickenbacker looks like a polished black Steinway piano !! And it has worked wonders on my Strat. All my guitars virtually have mirror finishes.

I definitely recommend these two products, which are relatively cheap because they are primarily for automobiles and are sold in relatively large bottles or tubes at almost all gas stations or stores for automobile supplies. I have a plastic 450 ml bottle of Zymol which I will probably never use up.

Bojan (also known as Boing)

Why have you pinched my purple colour Boingy ?

Posted: **19 Feb 2011, 13:39**

ecca wrote:
Bojan wrote:In my experience on my JetGlo (black) Rickenbacker, which is very sensitive, by far the best polish is Zymol, a water based cleaner wax made primarily for automobile finishes, but don't let that fool you . . . . it does the job marvelously, and it contains no silicone, which is important if you ever want to repaint your guitar !!! And it smells like coconut.

For minor scratches and swirl marks there is definitely nothing like Meguiar's ScratchX . . . I use both Zymol and ScratchX and the surface of my Rickenbacker looks like a polished black Steinway piano !! And it has worked wonders on my Strat. All my guitars virtually have mirror finishes.

I definitely recommend these two products, which are relatively cheap because they are primarily for automobiles and are sold in relatively large bottles or tubes at almost all gas stations or stores for automobile supplies. I have a plastic 450 ml bottle of Zymol which I will probably never use up.

Bojan (also known as Boing)

Why have you pinched my purple colour Boingy ?

Have I? I will remedy that situation right away. Here, is this better?

In my experience on my JetGlo (black) Rickenbacker, which is very sensitive, by far the best polish is Zymol, a water based cleaner wax made primarily for automobile finishes, but don't let that fool you . . . . it does the job marvelously, and it contains no silicone, which is important if you ever want to repaint your guitar !!! And it smells like coconut.

For minor scratches and swirl marks there is definitely nothing like Meguiar's ScratchX . . . I use both Zymol and ScratchX and the surface of my Rickenbacker looks like a polished black Steinway piano !! And it has worked wonders on my Strat. All my guitars virtually have mirror finishes.

I definitely recommend these two products, which are relatively cheap because they are primarily for automobiles and are sold in relatively large bottles or tubes at almost all gas stations or stores for automobile supplies. I have a plastic 450 ml bottle of Zymol which I will probably never use up.

Bojan (also known as Boing)

Posted: **19 Feb 2011, 15:31**

Yes, that's better......

Posted: **19 Feb 2011, 20:23**

Thats hurting my eyes :lol:

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