bobs Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 Hi there. Have just purchased a 2nd hand H150 lw model over here in UK and I'm amazed at the quality of this beauty, after playing and owning the usual fender Gibson etc over the last 25 years it looks as if I have found the one to keep hence just wondering if anyone has advice on how to take care of finish cleaning polishing etc as I have never owned a nitro finish before. Cheers
tulk1 Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 Hi there. Have just purchased a 2nd hand H150 lw model over here in UK and I'm amazed at the quality of this beauty, after playing and owning the usual fender Gibson etc over the last 25 years it looks as if I have found the one to keep hence just wondering if anyone has advice on how to take care of finish cleaning polishing etc as I have never owned a nitro finish before. Cheers Hey Bobs, welcome to the HoC. Just an FYI, we expect pictures of your guitar very soon. As for cleaning, a lot of folks here like the Maquire's stuff. I've been using Dunlops care kit with good success. Not sure the nitro requires too much different from other finishes. Other than you want to avoid anything that creates a "heat". I wouldn't use lemon/citrus anything on the finish (altho' i'm sure someone has and will say it works for them). The big thing about nitro finishes is keep it off a "regular" guitar stand. Try to find one that is nitro compatible. Otherwise you might end up with nitro burns where the guitar rests on the stand. And that is mostly from repeated/constant contact with the stand. So ... where are those pics?
H Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 Hi bobs, welcome to the forum from another UK member. If you've owned Gibsons before then it's very likely you've had a nitro finish guitar before. I use Gibson pump polish for my Heritages' and Gibsons' nitro areas and lemon oil for rosewood fretboards. I probably clean them once every six months or so. Other than that, I give a guitar a little rub-over with a micro-fibre cloth after playing and I have an old cloth which has traces of WD-40 on it which I rub over the strings occasionally. Lots of people here on the HOC recommend Virtuoso polish (which is very difficult to source in the UK) for a full-on clean up. Looking forward to seeing the photos of your H-150
rooster Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 I'll throw in my $0.02, which is probably by now, $0.01 in the EU: I use Virtuoso polish and Virtuoso cleaner on the body/neck, and on the fingerboard, I use only the Fret Doctor oil from www.beafifer.com. This is a unsolicited plug, mind you, and I have looked into everything possible to keep a fretboard properly conditioned out here in Arizona, where humidity is a rare commodity. If you look at what Civil War fifes were made from, most of them were rosewood, and the Fret Doctor oil is the best stuff to restore the proper oils into the fingerboard. The only other stuff I ever found to be useful was pinon oil from Louie in Albuquerque, NM, who used to sell it under the Tres Amigos brand, but it is long gone. Do yourself a favor, and stay away from consumer grade Lemon Oil; it's made with petroleum, and if you think about it, anyone who would keep Civil War fifes in playing condition knows what they're doing. My opinions, YMMV. rooster.
GuitArtMan Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Virtuoso Cleaner and Polish is the best I've found.
Kuz Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 Virtuoso Cleaner and Polish is the best I've found. +100000000
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