How to clean nitro!?

[irish R8]

Hi all,

I'm sure there is a thread on this somewhere but I'm new here so please forgive me.

Anyway, I have a 2021 custom shop R8 in bourbon burst. I want to give it a clean/polish but haven't put anything on it because I'm afraid to ruin or saturate the nitro with unsuitable polish.

So I ordered the gibson on brand polish. Even though it says suitable for all finishes I'm still nervous to put anything other than a micro fibre cloth on it.

What do you guys recommend. Maybe I'm just overthinking it, but I'm aware that the nitro can absorb whatever you put on it into the wood finish and alter its "resonance"...

 

[axeman565758]

pure cotton ball with naptha (Ronson lighter fuel is fine).
clean all/any gunk built up on the neck/body. (some guys use it 0n the fingerboard...I do not)
dries pretty quickly. It will not harm your nitro finish.
I then use Virtuoso polish for all the nitro parts.
For the fingerboard I use only Fret Doctor oil (beafifer.com). read up on his page....lots of info. This is the best fingerboard oil I've found. Been using since 2003

 

[jb_abides]

As Above... but I also use Virtuoso Cleaner versus Polish for most applications to avoid glossing it up too much.

 

[irish R8]

pure cotton ball with naptha (Ronson lighter fuel is fine).
clean all/any gunk built up on the neck/body. (some guys use it 0n the fingerboard...I do not)
dries pretty quickly. It will not harm your nitro finish.
I then use Virtuoso polish for all the nitro parts.
For the fingerboard I use only Fret Doctor oil (beafifer.com). read up on his page....lots of info. This is the best fingerboard oil I've found. Been using since 2003

Excellent, thanks for the reply. I'll check out the virtuoso polish and naphtha. 👍👍

Thanks guys.

 

[irish R8]

As Above... but I also use Virtuoso Cleaner versus Polish for most applications to avoid glossing it up too much.

Thanks for the reply! 👍

 

[Midnight Blues]

I use Virtuoso cleaner as well, then I use the polish.

 

[gibson-r8]

I exhale on it and rub with a microfiber cloth. Naphtha only for the serious barbecue sauce crud.

 

[vanguardo]

Naphtha, but good luck finding it right now! I'm using Zippo lighter fluid from one of those creepy strip-mall smoke shops

 

[83Custom]

Once any potential dust/grit has been removed with a damp cloth, I just use Mother’s Brazilian carnauba wax. Meguiars makes some good polish too.