How to make your guitar shine beautifully.

This works on both acoustic and electric guitars.

Items needed:
- Microfiber cloth
- Pledge Classic Beauty Furniture Polish. DO NOT USE PLEDGE WITH WAX!

- A guitar (wooden ofcourse)

What to do:
Take your guitar and place it on a rather soft surface, like a bed or table with a cloth or towel on top. Make sure the head is supported, either by the surface it's laying on or something to raise it, like a pillow or a wrapped up towel.

Than spray some Pledge on your guitar, not too much and whipe it off with the microfiber cloth untill all pledge is gone.

Best is to start with the body, than spray between the pickups and wipe it.
If you are having trouble wiping between the strings, take one end of the cloth and pull it under your strings.
If you are done with the body, both the front, back and the sides you can do the neck.
Don't worry, pledge won't damage your strings, it's actually pretty good for your strings too. Just apply a little bit of pledge on it and wipe it off good. Than take the cloth and wipe under the strings. Also clean the back of the neck and than clean the head.

Result:
If you're done, your guitar should now shine and with some you should be able to see your reflection.

Some might ask, why Pledge?
The answer is pretty simple, there are ofcourse other brands of guitar cleaners and polishes, but these are expensive. You can get a 250ml (8.4 oz) can of pledge for ~€ 2,- or ~$ 3,-. Some even say Pledge works better than guitar polish, but I can't say that, since I never used anything else.

Credits:
Me and a guitar builder, but I forgot his name. He gave me the tip.

 

I like this guide, although it doesn't apply to that many people. You gave a detailed explanation with pictures, which is good. You could have also tried to add even more pictures to make it better. Adding color can also make a guide more appealing to the eye. Next time try to make a guide that applies to more people. You could also expand on the guide by addressing ways to clean other instruments. Overall good guide.

 

Very nice explanation on polishing.

 

Thanks for this, my guitar gets dusty as fuck under the strings - when I change them I never know what to use to clean the dust.

 

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well one thing you can clean the dust with is a damp cloth.,.. lol how could you not think of that... in other words im guessing you just couldnt be bothered..


Nice guide, definatly tried this and works great... before and after pic of a guitar would be good.

 

Will Use Thanks How Much Are Guitar Polish's...? Anyone Know??

-Hellier

 

Thanks alot for your compliments, constructive criticism and feedback.
I don't really wanted to turn my thread into a rainbow, so I kept it simple.

I wanted to do that, but since the screen of my phone broke (I can't see shit), it's hard to take good pictures.


@ others

Thanks for your replies.

 

thanks for the giude now i gotta buy a guitar lol jk but i really did like the guide