Virtuoso Cleaner

[ponty]

As mentioned in another post, I went to Boston GC, and purchased the much spoken of Virtuoso Polish and Cleaner.

Back at the hotel, I was checking out the Cleaner and immediately became suspicious of its contents!!

Any one from the UK will be familiar with the automotive product T-Cut.Surley this is the same product?

Colour, odour, and everything about it says T-Cut. Which is about the tenth of the price!

I looked at the T-Cut web site only to see that it even says T-Cut is now being used on pianos and other fine instruments.

I downloaded an MSDS sheet, and looked for the Virtuoso MSDS to compare. I emailed Virtuoso to ask for this, and they

said 'they don't normally give out this information - why do you want it?'

Any how, what do I think of Virtuoso? Well, I have in fact used T-Cut on guitars before and got the same results as Virtuoso Cleaner.

I wont shell out $10 for this again. The polish gave a deep gloss to my J-45. Is it any better than the Gibson pump polish for $7.

I dont think so. The products are nice, and I know people wont use anything else,- but not for me.

[J-1854Me]

As mentioned in another post, I went to Boston GC, and purchased the much spoken of Virtuoso Polish and Cleaner.

Back at the hotel, I was checking out the Cleaner and immediately became suspicious of its contents!!

Any one from the UK will be familiar with the automotive product T-Cut.Surley this is the same product?

Colour, odour, and everything about it says T-Cut. Which is about the tenth of the price!

I looked at the T-Cut web site only to see that it even says T-Cut is now being used on pianos and other fine instruments.

I downloaded an MSDS sheet, and looked for the Virtuoso MSDS to compare. I emailed Virtuoso to ask for this, and they

said 'they don't normally give out this information - why do you want it?'

Any how, what do I think of Virtuoso? Well, I have in fact used T-Cut on guitars before and got the same results as Virtuoso Cleaner.

I wont shell out $10 for this again. The polish gave a deep gloss to my J-45. Is it any better than the Gibson pump polish for $7.

I dont think so. The products are nice, and I know people wont use anything else,- but not for me.

 

I've used it for serious cleanup of old/vintage guitars with 40+ years of sweat, beer, dust, grease, -- "grunge" -- off the finish. It takes some work doing it, but I was reasonably happy with the results.

 

Don't know what T-cut is, I've never heard of that.

 

But I was happy with the grunge-removal characteristics of the Virtuoso cleaner stuff.

 

Fred

[Deadgrateful]

It's a cleaner and polish (which I use on all my guitars) specifically designed for guitars with a nitro finish. It's non abrasive and is specially formulated to break down the undesirable gunk only. T-Cut is an abrasive polish with micro granules that re agitate the paint in order to work out small marks and scratches.

 

I wouldn't even use T-cut on my car, let alone a Gibson.

 

Seriously, DO NOT USE T-CUT ON A GUITAR WITH A NITRO FINISH. Fine for getting a small scratch out of a urethane finish though!

[BigKahune]

.... I wouldn't even use T-cut on my car, let alone a Gibson. ....

 

Offer 'Vince' Shlomi could easily hype this product -

 

The magic of T-Cut has been passed down through generations of families and is not just used to remove scratches and restore paintwork but is also found to be the essential cleaner for diversified professional uses such as antique restoration including pianos and other fine musical instruments. T-Cut is also used around the home for cleaning and restoring uPVC, acrylic and porcelain bathrooms, kitchen appliances, brass and metal objects, to name but a few. And if you call now within the next 20 minutes because we can’t do this all day, you’re gonna get a second T-cut absolutely free, just pay for processing, comes with a 10 year warranty. B).

 

[Del Nilppeznaf]

I bleedin hope it;s NOT T-Cut

 

I just ordered the cleaner and polish and it cost me 27 Euro odd...

[Scotto]

Not familiar with T-Cut, but Virtuoso did a wonderful job cleaning my 1960 LG-1. When I first purchased it, it was a bit dirty. Virtuoso gets my vote of confidence for Gibson finishes.

[j45nick]

I've used Virtuoso Cleaner to do radical clean-ups on two of my Gibsons: a 1968 ES 335-12, and a 1947 L-7. The L-7 was an unholy mess, covered with 60 years of cigarette grunge. Both guitars cleaned up incrediby well. Virtuoso claims there are no abrasives in the cleaner--chemical cleaner only. I don't know if it's true or not, but it works a treat, with no obvious evidence of damage to the finish.

 

I swear by it.

[Mojorule]

Isn't it a caretaker who happens to be very gifted musically? Kris Kristofferson was once a virtuoso cleaner for Columbia Records.