To polish or not to polish

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daffeey

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Joined: May 20 2012

To polish or not to polish

Ok Gents,
I searched the foro and it seems no luthier ever answered this question. I just recieved my shelton double body back from refinish and forgot to ask. Would you or could you use a spray guitar polish on your flamenco guitar. Some say yes, some no. What do the luthiers think. French polish or lacquer.

Gracias ~

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Anders Eliasson

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RE: To polish or not to polish (in reply to daffeey)

You can polish all you want.
Be carefull with silicone. It makes repairs and refinishes very complicated and a lot of polishes contain a lot of silicone. The more silicone the more gloss.

If its just been refinishes, I would wait and let the guitar gas out a bit.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 4 2013 8:57:04

daffeey

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RE: To polish or not to polish (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Greetings all,
Can anyone recommend a polish that does not contain silicone. What do you gents use?

Best,

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 29 2013 4:43:38

jshelton5040

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RE: To polish or not to polish (in reply to daffeey)

Do a search for synthetic auto polishes without silicone. There are lots of them and they work great.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 29 2013 14:07:46