dg27 said:
My swamp ash Custom T is being professionally finished in black nitro.
What's recommended in terms of cleaning bodies with nitro finishes? I've used Pledge for decades on my other basses, but I don't think any of them are nitro. Is that safe or is there something that's better?
Black is notoriously difficult to keep clean-looking. Every little dust particle and fingerprint will show on it, no matter what you do. As great as it looks, a freshly-cleaned finish will look wasted in no time flat. I've got three of them here, and I've found that the best I can do is to put
nothing on them. Any kind of wax will just make it take prints faster. That's true of all finishes, but black just shows it up like neon.
Your best bet is to get some microfiber cloths
such as these and use that to wipe it down. Put at least one in each guitar case. It actually removes the oils and so forth that make blemishes show up so easily. Then, don't put anything on it.
Especially Pledge. Stuff's garbage. It's about 60% water, 39% propellant, .5% wax and .5% mystery crap. Worst stuff in the world to use on anything. The only reason it's so popular is hateful marketing weenies spend millions to convince idiots to buy it because it sells for a lot and costs almost nothing to make. The can costs more than the ingredients.
