I Tried Zymol To Wax The Ric

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:06 pm

Lots of "what wax to use" threads regarding Rics. I went with the Ric recommended Turtle Wax auto wax with a 50/50 water mix. Yeah, it was nice, but didn't make me super happy. I always kept seeing guys recommending the Zymol wax cleaner that can be purchased at an auto parts store. So I relented and gave that a go instead of the Turtle Wax. Must say very impressed. It got rid of a slight white-ish haze that was present on the guitar and it deepened the black. Easy to use, shined up the metal hardware, even smells nice. But above all it put a nice shine on the guitar.

Hope to take some better photos, but for now you'll have to take my word for it, the Zymol is pretty good on a Rickenbacker. Also did my car with it and "Wow!" The stuff is good.

rickyfricky · Post by **rickyfricky** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:08 pm

Looking some purdy.

And don't forget the ORGANIC cloth diaper.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:14 pm

Looking mighty good, indeed!

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:22 pm

Yep, Zymol does the trick!

It was nice to see at NAMM that the Zymol guys have figured this out too and are starting to market products specifically for guitars...

whojamfan · Post by **whojamfan** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 4:29 am

Zymol's the stuff-love it!

Slacker · Post by **Slacker** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:04 am

What's the deal with Zymol, anyway? Is it a finer compound than Turtle Wax? Also, how does it smell? I love the smell of turtle wax...

admin · Post by **admin** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:40 am

It smell like you are in the tropics. Nice results too!

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:35 pm

We have a dark micro pebbly looking bathroom sink with chrome flecks and I use Zymol on it. In the nightlight at night it looks like stars twinkling in the sky.

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:45 am

The "deal" with Zymol is that it's water based and so, will build up coats. Turtle Wax is solvent based and tends to strip off previous coats...

Slacker · Post by **Slacker** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:16 am

Oh! That's a really big difference! I'll be sure to keep an eye out for it.

bitzerguy · Post by **bitzerguy** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:11 pm

Zymol smells like a Miss Hawaiian Tropic bikini contest in your guitar case. Nothing smells better!

Ric5150 · Post by **Ric5150** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:39 pm

rickyfricky wrote: And don't forget the ORGANIC cloth diaper.

OK, so I searched several of the forums and didn't find it. What's the 'magic' of ORGANIC?

rickyfricky · Post by **rickyfricky** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:52 am

Ric5150 wrote:
rickyfricky wrote: And don't forget the ORGANIC cloth diaper.
OK, so I searched several of the forums and didn't find it. What's the 'magic' of ORGANIC?

Not exactly sure ... I think Paul W would be the guy to expound on that.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:14 pm

Organic really was meant to be 100% cotton, no polyester.

Ric5150 · Post by **Ric5150** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:59 pm

Makes sense. Thanks. The only other thing I could think of was that 'normal' diapers might use a finish-damaging chemical in processing which want present in "organics". Given the primary use for diapers, I thought that would seem odd...

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