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Topic: Mica cleaning |
David Zornes
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 4:08 pm |
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| Friends, what do you clean your mica with? |
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John Palumbo
From:
Lansdale, PA.
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 5:19 pm
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This works well for me; for better control I spray it on a cloth & buff.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 14 Jan 2022 3:19 am
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I had a used GFI Ultra D-10 with dull and dirty black mica. I cleaned it with Ceramic car polish and made the 20 year old guitar look like new.
I previously had a Franklin for 38 plus years. I kept it looking new with car polish, too. |
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David Zornes
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2022 8:10 am Mica cleaning
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| Thank you friends. |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2022 8:31 am
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| Pledge furniture polish. |
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Ron Funk
From:
Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 15 Jan 2022 1:03 am
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Old School / Tried and True for Mica
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Jerry Horch
From:
Alva, Florida, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2022 12:49 pm Polish
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Used a few different things,carefully...this polished best for me.Mothers Aluminum and Mag Polish on the polished aluminum...quality cloths too...
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Franklin D10 /Walker Sterio Steel JBL's /DigiTech Quad4/ Korg Toneworks/ Dobro DM 1000 / Santa Cruz Guitar VA |
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David Zornes
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2022 2:20 pm Mica cleaning
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| Thank you my friends for sending your tried and true solutions. I appreciate it! |
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2022 3:21 am
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I have a black mica guitar. (which shows fingerprints really well).
I had been using car polish. Now I use Howard's Wax and Feed. It's a beeswax and orange oil combo.
I find car polish on mica collects fingerprints. I was always having to wipe them off after any playing which took quite a bit of effort unless you applied more polish.
The Wax and Feed doesn't do this. Maybe because it's a liquid and stays in that form rather than being a dry polish. The coat is so thin it doesn't appear greasy.
I keep questioning my preference as it seems the W+F is intended for wood surfaces, but the performance for maintaining a nice appearance bares out my preference.
Certainly for a neglected mica surface, using a polish can remove fine scratches and is appropriate as an initial treatment. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 17 Jan 2022 5:14 am
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| Jim Pitman wrote: |
I have a black mica guitar. (which shows fingerprints really well).
I had been using car polish. Now I use Howard's Wax and Feed. It's a beeswax and orange oil combo.
I find car polish on mica collects fingerprints. I was always having to wipe them off after any playing which took quite a bit of effort unless you applied more polish.
The Wax and Feed doesn't do this. Maybe because it's a liquid and stays in that form rather than being a dry polish. The coat is so thin it doesn't appear greasy.
I keep questioning my preference as it seems the W+F is intended for wood surfaces, but the performance for maintaining a nice appearance bares out my preference.
Certainly for a neglected mica surface, using a polish can remove fine scratches and is appropriate as an initial treatment. |
The car polishes I used didn't leave fingerprints. Main reason I used them. |
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 17 Jan 2022 5:52 am
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You can use some cutting paste on it too if it's sticky and needs to cut a bit deeper than just polish, i use mothers car paste and polish.
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