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Post by snakehips on Jun 6, 2020 15:30:24 GMT
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Post by snakehips on Jun 6, 2020 15:42:41 GMT
Thinking about it more, if La Tromba AG is for silver instruments, then that polish might be more abrasive and thus not suitable for nickel-plated surfaces like on National guitars ?
Anyone know for sure ???
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 6, 2020 15:58:02 GMT
Richard, it is the first one and that is the original La Tromba Lacquer Polish. I think the AG is a new one and may well be worth trying on nickel guitars. But don't worry because the regular La Tromba is fantastic stuff. You don't need to over-polish with it. Just a light misting and a gentle polish does it. I use it on all my guitars, body and neck. I also do the Volvo with it and on special occasions when I want to look my best I do my teeth with La Tromba. I have never seen it in the aerosol, only in the little plastic squirty bottles. I get five or six of them from Thomann because of the shipping cost. I do all MM Guitars with it, so I get through more than most do. www.thomann.de/gb/la_tromba_lackpolitur.htmShine On Michael |
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Post by bonzo on Jun 6, 2020 16:50:50 GMT
Yes Michael but not all of us have German silver dentures! 😎😉
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Post by lonelyjelly on Jun 6, 2020 18:27:05 GMT
hey guys / gals
this may be a dumb question but is it suitable for a flat top wooden acoustic? I have a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, varnished, parlour that could do with a bath.
Cheers
Lew
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 6, 2020 18:42:53 GMT
hey guys / gals this may be a dumb question but is it suitable for a flat top wooden acoustic? I have a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, varnished, parlour that could do with a bath. Cheers Lew Yes, it is great on wood guitars. I do ALL my guitars, bodies and necks, with it. |
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Post by snakehips on Jun 6, 2020 21:30:30 GMT
Hi again !
Managed to get two bottle on UK ebay for £8.21 each, no shipping fees.
Not bad, I think.
So, you think the La Tromba AG is just a new version ?
I wonder what is new about it ?
Gotta be sure it is kind to nickel-plate.
I bought the older version, just to be sure !
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Post by lonelyjelly on Jun 6, 2020 21:31:03 GMT
Cheers MM - and it doesn't matter if it's solid wood or a laminate??
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2020 21:59:02 GMT
Personally I use an Italian polish called Ilmiosputo. It's organic,works on wood,nickel or steel and best of all is totally free. Just apply sparingly with a soft cloth and wipe off.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 7, 2020 7:38:43 GMT
Cheers MM - and it doesn't matter if it's solid wood or a laminate?? You can use it on any of your guitars. As I said, I use it on all my guitars and all MM guitars. Obviously not on the fretboards. Shine On Michael |
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 7, 2020 7:41:28 GMT
Personally I use an Italian polish called Ilmiosputo. It's organic,works on wood,nickel or steel and best of all is totally free. Just apply sparingly with a soft cloth and wipe off. Over time with constant use the ammonia could cause problems with lacquer and with nickel plated surfaces. Shine On Michael |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2020 10:10:29 GMT
Saliva is regularly used by art conservationists to clean old paintings,statues and gilded work so I can't see it being a risk to any guitar.
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Post by lonelyjelly on Jun 7, 2020 16:02:33 GMT
Cheers MM - and it doesn't matter if it's solid wood or a laminate?? You can use it on any of your guitars. As I said, I use it on all my guitars and all MM guitars. Obviously not on the fretboards. Shine On Michael Cheers Michael. I wasn't sure as I figure you play solely resophonic instruments and therefore solid wood wouldn't necessarily be involved, tried, tested etc :-) Thanks again |
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Post by snakehips on Jun 13, 2020 12:57:12 GMT
Hi again !
Just following on from the start of the thread.
Looking online for La Tromba, there seemed to be two variants for sale, and nowhere could I find any information to say if one was different than the other, for polishing different things or not, between :
La Tromba lacquer polish, white bottle with silver graphics and silver La Tromba name, and
La Tromba Ag lacquer polish, white bottle with gold graphics and gold La Tromba Ag name.
The best price I found was from a UK seller on ebay - and the item listing showed the silver La Tromba bottles (without Ag in the name).
I think basically, MM was correct all along, the gold colour La Tromba Ag bottle is just the new version of the very same La Tromba silver colour lacquer polish.
I bought two bottles of the silver coloured La Tromba, but received two gold coloured bottles - one said La Tromba, and the other said La Tromba Ag, both in gold !
After all that daftness, I think it is safe to say all the bottle variants must be the same thing, I hope !
As far as polishing vintage Nationals, well, I have used Pledge furniture polish in the distant past (but you are left with a lasting old person’s home smell to your guitar for about 6months !), and I have used Flitz polish quite a bit (I bought a big tube of the stuff, figuring it would last for years, but the contents seem to be separating into an oil and paste inside the tube !). Flitz works nicely but it is messy stuff and takes awhile to get the paste polished out.
La Tromba was easy to spray on the guitar, and was easy to polish onto the guitar (I used a micro-fibre cloth).
A much more pleasant experience and quite easy to do.
To be fair, my Nationals are fairly clean already so I didn’t have any dirty ones to see how well it cleaned but I hope and expect La Tromba should carry on protecting my Nationals.
Two polished, some more still to do !
I hope that is useful !
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