Virtuoso Guitar Polish & Cleaner for Gibson Nitro Cell

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This is the option to buy one bottle of the Virtuoso Polish AND one bottle of Virtuoso Cleaner, saving on multiple buy and reduced cost of Royal Mail Recorded 1st class postage. Please see my website for further details TRY BEFORE YOU BUY OFFER: Please feel free to drop into my workshop for a quick demo of Virtuoso on your guitar! Virtuoso Premium Polish and Virtuoso Premium Cleaner grew out of the need to care for valuable vintage instruments finished in nitro cellulose, such as Gibson, Martin and Fender. Even though they may have been world class instruments, they aren't always in world class condition. The guitar care products available would not clean the finishes without either (a) adding to the grime or (b) damaging the finish. Virtuoso set out to find a chemist capable of developing a guitar care system that would allow them to clean years of accumulated dirt and grime without lifting or damaging the finish and also help protect the finish and wood underneath going forward. After numerous attempts and formula changes they arrived at the products now known as Virtuoso Premium Polish and Virtuoso Premium Cleaner. It is the only two part cleaning system designed specifically for nitrocellulose lacquer finishes. It also works wonders on polyurethane and UV cured finishes found on newer instruments.If you’ve ever had a problem with a tacky/ sticky or milky finish on a nitro cellulose guitar then try this stuff!I run a Gibson Authorized Service Center for Repair of Acoustic and Electric Guitars, here in the UK, () and a while ago I had a real problem with a Gibson J45 guitar that belonged to a famous footballer that had been “serviced” somewhere, and returned with 7 or 8 misty white palm prints on the body and neck. The guy that had worked on it had had a natural reaction with the nitro cellulose finish (this is quite common) and the finish had become slightly sticky where he had handled it. I’d heard that its a rare blood type that reacts with the finish (a customer confirmed this with me a few years ago after a blood test), as well as some manufacturers finding that sometimes their finishes don’t seem to cure as quickly or consistently as they’d like.I’ve known for years that no normal polish available over the counter in guitar shops could help – most end up making it worse in fact (an extremely frustrating experience). I looked long and hard for something new and found Virtuoso on a well know USA vintage guitar site. I bought some and gently tested them all on my own Gibson guitar...the results seemed very good. Once I knew it was safe I tried it on the J45, which was becoming a sticky, milky coloured mess. The Virtuoso polish was as close to a miracle cure as I could have ever hoped to find, and within minutes the guitar was free of all the hand prints, beautifully clean, and the nitro and gone from sticky and dull to hard and glossy. I never expected it to work that well, and I could feel all the stresses finish problems dissolve . Since then I’ve become a lot more relaxed with these finish problems, this stuff just seems to always do the trick. It also has a UV protecting component to help keep the colour vibrant for years. A couple of emails from customers who've tried Virtuoso:Hi Steve ! I just tried the Virtuoso on my LP and waow I can't believe it ! My 59 is as glossy as it could be it's amazing :) It was clearly worth the money to buy thank you ! Florian Hi Steve, Thanks for the Virtuoso cleaner and polish you sent me so promptly last week. Excellent stuff. Howard Steve, It arrived today. Great products! I wanted to thank you for the great communication! Thanks again, Lionel The Virtuoso Cleaner is great for taking the gunk and spills off before polishing. I’ve had guitars in the workshop that I thought would need to be re-finished but tried Virtuoso before hand and its taken the grime away with a couple of minutes effort and left the finish feeling well cured, hard, shiny and clean. Continual treatme... read more

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