Ricks have not been nitrocellulose lacquer since 1958.lumgimfong wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 10:45 pm Forgot to mention this is for 2016 finish. Not nitro.
Dumb question:
After cleaning, the rags must be disposed of in trash? Not laundered like guitar cloths can be after using regular guitar polish?
Naphtha is safe on any finish type (it will NOT soften or strip any finish type). Every guitar tech on earth uses this stuff for general cleaning, because it flashes and evaporates almost instantly.
If Ronsonol is a mix of something else, you wouldn’t know it by using it, it reacts and behaves exactly like naphtha.
There is lots of well-intended advice in this thread that seems to miss the point. Naphtha is a very gentle solvent that removes dirt and grime, leaving you with a clean finish. Only at that point do you start using mildly abrasive compounds like Scratch-X, or topcoat cleaner waxes like Zymöl. If you don’t clean the grime off the finish first, you are basically polishing dirt INTO the finish.