Anyone else wax their basses?

[Turock]

I wax mine from time to time with car wax.

 

[kenfxj]

I got this for buckle rash.

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[SurferJoe46]

^ Turtle wax! Silicon. Bad.

 

[UncleJimmy]

Scuse me for asking but what's the problem with products containing silicone? What's the bad result?

Not arguing with anyone's opinion, just curious. I used turtle wax on my bass just once so far and was pretty pleased with the results. Please tell me I haven't done any permanent damage.

 

[Freight Train]

I don't wax my bass, but I wax my upright a couple times a day if I can get away with it.

 

[SurferJoe46]

Scuse me for asking but what's the problem with products containing silicone? What's the bad result?

Not arguing with anyone's opinion, just curious. I used turtle wax on my bass just once so far and was pretty pleased with the results. Please tell me I haven't done any permanent damage.

Silicon is pretty much un-removable once it's applied. It is tenacious to a fault and contaminates everything and everyone who touches it.

Besides having a tremendous affinity to dirt, oils and grease, it's ability to hang on to the body translates to contaminating the strings and the electronics - especially the rubbing surfaces inside the potentiometers causing them to fail prematurely.

Then there's the refinishing problem if/when you decide to do so. But also a problem is the cross contamination to other gear.

Subsequent cleaning of anything 'waxed' with a silicon based product is impossible without lots of devotion to getting the last coat of it off prior to putting a new layer on.

Putting REAL wax on after a silicon application is next to impossible. From that point on you may have to just put stickers all over the bass to cover the silicon.

Medically - also be sure to keep silicon out of your eyes and mouth and totally away from children and pets.

Better than silicon 'waxes' would be a quart of transmission fluid - poured all over the bass.