Scotch Brite pad on neck

[bombpop14]

I just tried a trick I picked up here on TB for lightly sanding the back of my Jazz bass neck with a Scotch Brite pad.

Amazing results, I highly recommend it. It totally restored the tacky finish to a nice satin smooth glide, without any damage or steel wool dust. Thanks for the tip TB!

[grisezd]

Which Scotch Brite? I use 000 steel wool carefully and would like to find something a little more idiot-proof for the son. To use on my necks...

[bassbenj]

Originally Posted by bombpop14

I just tried a trick I picked up here on TB for lightly sanding the back of my Jazz bass neck with a Scotch Brite pad.

Amazing results, I highly recommend it. It totally restored the tacky finish to a nice satin smooth glide, without any damage or steel wool dust. Thanks for the tip TB!

And unlike Steel wool, Scotch Brite pads don't leave dark metallic streaks on the poly finish. But you have to be careful as these kinds of pads seem to come in various "grits". Some don't seem to have ANY abrasive in them and some are much too coarse. These may not be actual Scotch Brite brand pads but some kind of clones. I know I did get a bunch somewhere.

[SurferJoe46]

Typically, the Scotch Pads that are deep purple are most common and are about the same as 180-220 paper grit.

The gray pads are finer and they are about 280-320 or so.

Get them at an auto paint supplier and buy a couple for your wife to do her pots and pans in the sink. When they sell these same products in the market, they cost 10-times more than buying them in the paint shop.

They don't splinter or rust, and they are absolutely the same material.

Just a word of warning" don't use them on the last coat of primer or surface before your first color coat. They will remove the microscopic sharp scratches and the 'tooth' to the primer - rounding it over - and that makes it a lot harder for the new color coat to stick and get a hold of the surface.

[dls59]

I use the green ones.

[SurferJoe46]

The green ones are 96-105 grit.



These are typically for household applications, although they'll work - but they are a little course.

I recommended the MED CUT MMM 7447 Maroon pads.

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The FINE CUT gray ones ::

The MED-FINE CUT red ones are a little more course::

There's also some white ones, which I have never seen nor needed. They are very fine like the gold ones which I also have never needed.

Use the green ones if you like, but you will have to be very careful.

Like I say::: use what you think is correct.

[grobe]

Originally Posted by bombpop14

It totally restored the tacky finish to a nice satin smooth glide, without any damage or steel wool dust.

Yup, it worked great for me too.

[Jake Morris]

Would these scotch brite pads work for getting scratches out of the laquer on a neck?