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Cleaning the old Strat- Carbauba polish

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GassageGassage Frets: 30192
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Just given the old girl a clean & carnauba polish.

still the best strat I’ve played. The polish works a treat.




*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 12794
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    You can’t beat polishing and buffing up your best old mate !!
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  • willowillo Frets: 240
    Beautiful!

    Can I ask a (potentially stupid) question - all my life I've only ever focused maintenance and care on the fretboard and hardware. But as I've got older, kept the same guitars, the bodywork is getting both nicely aged but also a bit dirty and murky. I'd like to clean them up again and give them a little bit of care. Do you use something like this polish on the body (and is it colour / finish specific or will it work on anything)?
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  • GassageGassage Frets: 30192
    willo said:
    Beautiful!

    Can I ask a (potentially stupid) question - all my life I've only ever focused maintenance and care on the fretboard and hardware. But as I've got older, kept the same guitars, the bodywork is getting both nicely aged but also a bit dirty and murky. I'd like to clean them up again and give them a little bit of care. Do you use something like this polish on the body (and is it colour / finish specific or will it work on anything)?

    So, my sister in law bought me the Dunlop Cleaner for Nitro and Dunlop Carunaba Cream polish as my secret santa pressie.

    I actually think it really works well - you get a lovely deep shine - that's the original 65 y/o finish on mine and it's gleaming now. Can't recommend highly enough.

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  • JJ72JJ72 Frets: 41
    Lovely. Seeing the back of the neck on this and other vintage Fender makes you realise how badly the custom shop do at getting the worn look
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  • PennPenn Frets: 351
    That is a lovely old guitar. Wow and wow some more. 
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  • OffsetOffset Frets: 9212
    That's the nicest Mike McCready Strat I've seen to date. Good score!
    Currently for sale: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/247085/pro-ject-essential-ii-turntable
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  • SRD81SRD81 Frets: 287
    Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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  • willowillo Frets: 240
    Gassage said:
    willo said:
    Beautiful!

    Can I ask a (potentially stupid) question - all my life I've only ever focused maintenance and care on the fretboard and hardware. But as I've got older, kept the same guitars, the bodywork is getting both nicely aged but also a bit dirty and murky. I'd like to clean them up again and give them a little bit of care. Do you use something like this polish on the body (and is it colour / finish specific or will it work on anything)?

    So, my sister in law bought me the Dunlop Cleaner for Nitro and Dunlop Carunaba Cream polish as my secret santa pressie.

    I actually think it really works well - you get a lovely deep shine - that's the original 65 y/o finish on mine and it's gleaming now. Can't recommend highly enough.
    Thank you - I need to check some of this out. My old 335 needs some TLC.
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