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An instrument is made to be played. We are imperfect human beings with instruments that could not be 100 percent perfect to begin with. Close maybe! If you handle an instrument almost everyday things happen. Changing Strings things can happen! If you are a musician your goal is to create and express and jam! With regular use things will happen. That is life. Love marks...A little bump, a scratch, so what... Does the Guitar play and sound great? These are the important things. I am not saying beat your Guitar up but expect things will happen. It doesn't matter. That is minor cosmetic stuff. Meguires is the stuff but with CA or UV this stuff is great. Even Taylor uses Turtlewax Shine in a bottle and suggests it on their road tours. I stay away from Silicon that is what makes Turtlewax/KIT special. I know many Techs who use it and have for years! Very gentle on today's finishes even plastics.

KIT Scratch Remover is not designed as a wax or polish but a fine scratch remover who not only I but several other Techs I know use for scratch removal and apparently it is not made with Silicon. The Meguiars is an excellent product which mimics the KIT Scratch Out product. As we all know many of todays Guitar polishes contain Silicon. All is not lost if a customer uses these. They are not an always and forever coating!

[QUOTE=Louis4052] [QUOTE=Wooden] For removing fine scratches and haze I use Kit Scratch Out in the yellow bottle and it works wonderfully. [/QUOTE]

I would stay away from this product as I'm pretty sure it contains silicon and will make any future repairs much more difficult if not impossible.

Stick with the polishing products from Meguires.

Louis
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I just received an e-mail from the head of KIT Car Product Sales and I quote"kit Scratch out does NOT contain Silicon" from Kristin Hrudka, Human Services for kit Car car products who investigated this matter for me. I am truly sorry to hear of your experience but perhaps someone used a different product prior to your use of kit Scratch Out or maybe even after. In any event I personally know several Guitar techs that have used kit Scratch out at length for many different jobs and suffered no ill effects whatsoever. Good luck in all your endeavors Louis.

Jeff 

Two hours after being told by kit there is no Silicone in kit Scratch Out I get an e-mail saying I AM VERY SORRY BUT IT DOES CONTAIN SILICONE!!!  The only negative  I can see here is if the Guitar needs to be drop filled or refinished. There are so many Guitar Polishes which contain Silicone. Am I right here? I am worried??? Can the Silicon be removed? Should it? Or shall I just let it be. This is not a Guitar I or anyone else will be refinishing or drop filling as far as I can see. I looked at a lot of wooden Instrument (Guitars Included) Polishes and scratch removers and more than half had Silicon. What do you all think?

Jeff

Well folks come to find out my friend was also using a Guitar Polish which contained Silicone! Will the madness never end?! LOL Thankfully it is not a terribly expensive Guitar! In any event I advised him if he must wax his Guitar us Carnuba an clean with water and a nice soft cotton/flannel cloth or Micro Fibre cloth like Dunlop. For me it will be Meguiars and Stew Mac Cleaners and polishers. Thankfully I have not had to remove any scratches or seriously clean my main Guitar before learning of Meguiars and Stewart MacDonald! Good news for those of you who have used Silicon laced products it is called: DSR5:http://dsr5.com/intro.htm Apparently this stuff works wonders and will not harm a hardened Guitar Finish as it is suggested for fine wood furniture and the like. SO A Solution and a learning mistake. For some people this won't matter as they will never refinish or drop fill a guitar or have their guitar(s) refinished or drop filled! I wonder what people do and did when they ran or run into this situation?