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Post subject: treated polish cloths
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:23 pm
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Does anyone here use those treated polish cloths? I alway used martin liquid polish (ran out of this) & was given a bottle of virtuoso polsih. I have a few expensive basses I want to polish but not damage. I was thinking about those treated cloths but wanted to get feedback for someone who used them


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Post subject: Re: treated polish cloths
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:33 am
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Save your money - use a soft clean cloth and a product called 'Endust' - which is available at most supermarkets and Walgreen pharmacies. It not only gets rid of fingerprint smears and perspiration stains on guitars, but it leaves an invisible, non-wax protection layer to keep the finish looking good much longer.

The only other product of it's type that I have used is direct from Fender - "Mist & Wipe", but the Endust is less expensive and works equally well. I have been using the 'Endust' product on all my basses since 1991 and it always does an excellent job.


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Post subject: Re: treated polish cloths
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:04 am
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Paducah Luke is right. Endust is good. A couple of other tips.

1. Microfiber cloths usually sell for 5 to 10 dollars in specialty stores but can often be found at your local dollar store. They are easily cut into smaller pieces. I can get 4 or 5 decent sized cloths from a one-dollar package at the local dollar store. The ones I get there are light blue (baby-blue) so you can easily see discoloration. When it gets noticeably dirty THROW IT AWAY. Often the cloths made for guitars are yellow and don't show dirt as easily. 2. Use can compressed air of the "Dust-Off" type sold for photography or similar moisture free canned air spray product to blow off the accumulation of trash around the pickups, chrome and screws. Use it is short blasts, not steady sprays. When blowing for a long time, more than one-second, it can make the finish too cold and lead to finish damage, but in short bursts it is fine to use. Nothing works better for blowing off the exposed single coil pickups of a first-generation P-Bass unless you have your own air compressor with a moisture filter. Take it outside to spray it, you'll be amazed at the cloud of stuff that blows off the first time you use it after a couple of years of using a bass finger style.


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Post subject: Re: treated polish cloths
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:59 am
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Thank you both for the tips!


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