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Location: San Bernardino, California | I know some members use Dunlop 65 guitar polish. I was wondering if anyone here has used any of their other products. Basically, I want to know if this:
http://www.zzounds.com/item--DNP6500
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Location: California | Highly recommended! I use the same guitar maintenance kit on my baker's dozen Adamas/Ovation. The kit has everything you need. |
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Location: NJ | good stuff! |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I picked up a free sample of the Dunlop "Ultimate Lemon Oil" for fretboards and I really like it. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra | all I've used for 4 years |
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Location: Virginia | Lemon Pledge.
bd |
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Location: NJ | When I got my first great guitar a givsung les paul back in 71 I would polish it every time I could with lemon pledge since that was all we had around. Well needless to say it has MANY very fine scratches in the finish caused by that product. I would never use it ever again on an instrument and if I knew better back then I would not have used it on my guitar. |
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | Geez, I don't remember the last time I polished my guitars!
I need to get around to doing that.
You guys are starting to make me feel like I'm abusing them or something. :) |
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Location: NJ | Mike
ever since the scratches were pointed out to me my guitars are the dirtiest grungiest dustiest you will ever see. If I clean them I clean them with a dry cotton cloth.
now for guitars I sell I use the dunlop stuff . |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Back in the day...when I was a boy...my first guitar teacher told me that guitar polish was nothing more than glorified Pledge, and that I should just use that instead.
What a mistake!!!! It ruined the finish on my first guitar, and completely dulled it.
I received this dunlop guitar polish kit for Christmas this past year, and I love it.
Johnny |
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Location: California | The fingerboard cleaner from that kit would change your light brown Adamas walnut fingerboard to dark brown. Not everyone would like it that way. |
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Location: Virginia | I clean mine about twice a year with Lemon Pledge, if the finish can't take a little furniture polish...I feel it wasn't worth a damn in the first place. My guitars have seen a lot more abuse than anything Lemon Pledge could ever do. They get played more than cleaned and spend a lot of time on a guitar stand. The only one that goes back in the case after use is the Limited, and it has had the Lemon Pledge abuse for 20 years and damned if I see any scratches.
bd :eek: :rolleyes: ;) |
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Location: Scotland | Pledge & similar furniture polish contains an abrasive & is definately not recommended for use on instrument finishes |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Dang, Dang, Dang
I just ruined a house full of Louis IV antique furniture, NOW YOU TELL ME. |
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Location: SoCal | I've used Lemon Pledge on my guitars for 30 years with no problems. Now I've switched to Dunlop and I'm not certain I like it as much. Ignorance can be bliss. |
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