why my beloved jacksons are caked in scratches

[Rsmacker]

Hmm.. just remembered an old advert on tv. i forget what it was called, but car owners used it to get scratches out of the paint. even where someone keyed it. I remember the "Before and after pix" .

You mean T-Cut??
Or that "Turtle Wax Colour Magic" (note proper spelling please you Americans )? Weeeeell, I'd put it on my car, but my guitars......., maybe not. The reason it covers scratches on cars is because it fills them with wax.

Clean your guitars with a Brillo pad.

Naaah, not really. I too clean my guitars with an old pair of grundies, if they were nice and soft enough to have my balls in, they will be soft enough to put on my axes. I also try not to get too bent out of shape about knocks, dings, and scratches - I'll avoid them if at all possible, but once they're done, no use crying over spilt milk.
Most of mine were beyond worrying about surface swirls by the time I got hold of them!

[Phantom Hawk]

You only use those on brown guitars, right?:ROTF:

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