Waxing lyrical

[Mzungu71]

Good day everyone. I've just acquired a Warwick Corvette Standard five in ash ans have also got myself a tin of Warwick surface finisher. Before I start waxing her up, anyone got any "top tips" for how much I should use and how often it needs waxing?. Any other Warwick owners out there can give me a few pointers? Cheers

[Dubs]

2 cloths (quite soft and fine material – soft T shirt material or like a soft shimmy type duster thing) - 1 for waxing and 1 for buffing. Apply conservatively and don’t get your pickups/bridge/control knobs covered in the stuff and watch out for getting it down the gaps between the pickup and wood etc. Once you’ve applied a thin layer of wax to the bass, leave it for a while (maybe 10 mins, maybe 20 mins, but I wouldn’t leave it longer than that because the wax has a tendency to go hard and when it does this it doesn’t buff up as nicely). After you’ve left it for a little while, use the other ‘clean’ cloth to buff up the wood…job’s a gooden. I think it kind of goes without saying that you have to remove the strings in order to do a half decent job of it, but I thought I’d mention it anyway.

^That’s the way I do it anyway. I’m sure others have their own way of doing it, but it’s not the be all and end all of looking after your Warwick to be honest – do it as little as twice a year if you like.

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[Mzungu71]

Ben,

Thanks for the advice very handy, thanks for taking the time to reply, appreciated chief