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Bakelite cleaner
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:02 am
by flavour
G'day all. Does anyone have a suggestion for cleaning bakelite, as in polish to bring it back to life. Is there a cut and polish of some sort? Cheers Jase
Re: Bakelite cleaner
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:06 pm
by rshatz
The Steel Guitar Forum is the best source of answers for this question.
Post the question on the steel without pedals section and or search the archives.
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/index.php
Re: Bakelite cleaner
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:10 pm
by johnallg
I used regular car wax (Xymol) on a late 40's art deko bakelite table radio and it moisturized it and made it look really good.
Re: Bakelite cleaner
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:55 pm
by jingle_jangle
Yeah, Zymol's got all sorts of natural oils in addition to the carnauba, and it'll soak into the bakelite and buff out really nice. No nasty solvents or fillers to turn white, either.
Re: Bakelite cleaner
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:04 am
by flavour
Good on ya fella's. I will try to track down some of this Zymol. I'm sure it will be under another name over here but I will check tomorrow. Cheers Jase
Re: Bakelite cleaner
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:33 pm
by johnallg
Nope, still sold Down Under as Zymol. Fellow Aussie forumites use it on their instruments for a great lasting shine.
http://www.zdoau.com/products/productde ... pid=33&p=1
Re: Bakelite cleaner
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:43 am
by flavour
I love this forum!! Cheers Johno. Thanks for letting me know! Will let you all know how my model B polishes up. Jase