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I agree. Whether Strat or Tele, 1st Gen or Upgrade, try the polishing first unless the orange peel is obscene.
I made an additional pass on this Highway One Upgrade (nitro over heavy vinyl) Sunburst Strat that had fallen on porcelain, but mostly on the tail strap button, and with a thorough polishing and new Dunlop strap buttons, she's looking so good. I used:
Turtle Wax White Polishing Compound; in the big white and green plastic tin;
Meguiar's Paint Cleaner, Step #1, available in most auto stores;
Mother's Clay Bar with the spritz on detailer as lube to gather up any residue. I use a hunk about the size of my thumb and keep folding it, toss it if it touches anything;
Meguiar's Carnauba Wax Step #3. NOT the 'cleaner' wax.
Except for the clay, everything was applied with clean cotton washcloths and buffed with a cotton handtowel.
So glad I did not use the sandpaper on this one. I'm just gonna redo it like this each 6 months, but really most of the orange peel is long gone.
It is so slick like this, gotta be careful once again where you set it.
No scratches showing, but the gloss is such I can see the alder body join by the jackplate telegraphing thru, that was invisible before.
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