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Originally Posted by Fretking
By the way, I'd try Meguiars #9 on the excess wax before using clay. The Meguiars is an excellent cleaner that has the added benifit of not leaving any residue at all. I use it all the time in my business (guitar restoration and repair) on finishes as diverse as nitrocellulose laquer to shellac to catalyzed and two-part water-based finishes. It is a fine product for cleaning just about any painted or clear coated surface I've ever come across.
Don't take my critique personally. 
Fretking |
Fretking, you obviously know something about cleaners and polishes so let me ask a question. Would you use clay on your guitars?
I wouldn't . . . . but I do use some of the Meguiar's polishes on my guitars. (I've got seven Martins. Just picked up a Brazilian rosewood D-35 from Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, California.
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If clay is not used correctly it
will take paint off. It
is abrasive. If you have been working on fine finishes on guitars you know about polishes and waxes and how to use them but the average person who picks up a clay kit at Pep Boys can take actually damage the finish on his/her car with clay.
If I am going to prep a finish for wax I use HD Cleaner by Zymöl . . . but that’s just me.
Too much polishing of any kind will take the paint off of a car. (I took the paint off of a black Mustang GT that I once owned.
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