Cleaning a black bass

[perfektspace6]

This is really not that complicated.

Just get some guitar polish and a polish cloth and go to work. You don't need car wax and or anything exotic.

 

[Bassamatic]

+1 on the micro-fiber cloths. These are the BEST for wiping, cleaning and polishing.

You can use a fine car polish like 3M swirl mark remover to enhance the gloss and remove fine scratches, and then any good car polish after that - 3m, Meguiars, Mothers, etc.

Good old Lemon Pledge is great for in-between for cleaning and shining of wood, plastic and metal.

 

[Roadgod]

How about invisible ink?

 

[Joel_bass]

I used an air grinder.

Seriously.

My black bass now has a natural finish.

 

[jbalou02]

Never trust a clean black bass.

 

[SurferJoe46]

This is really not that complicated.

Just get some guitar polish and a polish cloth and go to work. You don't need car wax and or anything exotic.

When 'official' guitar polish is $75.00/dram and it's the same thing as Meguires but cost just $4.98 for 16 ozs., then there's something wrong with that analogy.

 

[Pilgrim]

So far...Virtuoso cleaner and he matching polish. Great stuff!

 

[asberrys]

I'd clean a black bass the same way I clean a largemouth bass, a striped bass, a sea bass, etc.

I'd say this was a troll post however I don't think so. I think you actually hooked 'em with a trot line and post instead.

 

[Sam Evans]

The "cleaning" method I use is, I don't let it get dirty. I wipe it down with a super soft flannel cloth after each use. This will remove fingerprints, prespiration, dust etc.

Same here, and I launder the cloth regularly to keep it clean and absorbent.

 

[zachoff]

soul glo, duh. I keed, I keed. I use my orange cleaner for all of my instruments and most of them are black.

 

[THORRR]

Wax or Polish just makes black finishes more prone to fingerprints & smudges.

On a shiny poly finish - Use WINDEX - Voila!
No more fingerprints, smudges, smears or anything.

Good ole Windex does it!

On lacquer I always used Lemon Pledge with great results and it seems to prevent/postpone checking. I have a 45 year old Gibson ES335 with a smooth shiny finish and no checking that has only been polished occasionally with Lemon Pledge spray from a can. Go figure!

 

[rojo412]

I used an air grinder.
Seriously.
My black bass now has a natural finish.

I was going to say something similar! ("Use a buffer until all the paint is gone, then Warwick Beeswax...")

It's a complete waste of time to try to make a black bass look spotless.
But cleaning it with a nice cloth and goo-goning the bad spots, then polishing it
a) with a good cloth,
b) Gibson polish is nice! or...
c) Mother's Billet polish to make it look new (until you touch it again, of course. There's also a Maguires Plastic polish that works great on swirls.

Just play it.