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ColorTone Polishing Compound Set – The Ultimate 3-Step System for a High-Gloss Finish.
Achieve a flawless, mirror-like shine with the ColorTone Polishing Compound Set. Designed for professional luthiers and guitar enthusiasts, this 3-step system removes fine sanding scratches, buffs out swirl marks, and restores the brilliance of instrument finishes. Whether you're polishing a new finish or revitalizing an aged instrument, this set ensures outstanding results with no silicone residue to interfere with future refinishing.
Complete 3-Step Polishing System:
- Medium Compound: The first step after final sanding (recommended 1200-grit) for a smooth, uniform surface.
- Fine Compound: Enhances shine and removes finer scratches left after Medium Compound for a deep gloss finish.
- Swirl Remover: Eliminates buffing marks and ultra-fine scratches, leaving a glass-like finish. Can be used by hand or with a foam rotary pad.
Professional-Grade & Versatile Application: Safe for use on lacquer, polyurethane, and other instrument finishes, as well as plastic pickguards. Can be applied by hand with a soft cloth or using foam rotary polishing pads for precision buffing.
Why Choose ColorTone? Used by top luthiers, repair professionals, and musicians worldwide, this polishing compound set delivers the professional shine that high-end guitars and instruments deserve.
Built to Last a Lifetime – All StewMac tools are backed by our Lifetime Promise.
Mark Askew
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2024
All is well
CH
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2023
Was a little alarmed by the price for three little bottles, but it greatly improved my novice attempt at french polish, quickly and simply. And it took very little compound to get the shine going, so this set should handle multiple guitars IMO.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2022
I used Stew Mac color tone nitrocellulose paint. With the Stew Mac compound polish. Hand rubbed the guitar. Problely wound have hitting a better result with a power orbital buffer. Over very happy with the results*****
AZ Pete
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2022
These are very high quality compounds. They worked exactly as I had hoped. My guitar ding has been fixed and looks great. I have a number of guitars so this product will come in handy in the future for sure. Definitely recommended!
Tom
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2022
I got some minor surface scuffs off my black Schecter. The ultra fine worked well for me. $50 for the three was a bit expensive in my opinion, but it did bring the body back to factory shine.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2022
(That's a Black Sabbath song by the way) This stuff is for those who want the PERFECT & SCRATCHLESS gloss finish. After wasting so much money and time trying car compounds and Micro-Mesh (which worked horribly), I decided to give this a try. BOY was I not disappointed. I wanted to restore my very VERY scuffed and scratched (decent and super-fine scratches) black gloss guitars without paying hundreds for a whole buffing wheel or for a shop fixup. First of all: do yourself and everyone around you a HUGE favor and buy polishing pads. I got a great set under $15 on Amazon that just attaches to my drill and it did an AMAZING job. Doing it by hand is not only incredibly time-consuming and wearisome, but probably futile as well :). If you want a video tutorial search for "Aerosol Guitar Finishing – Part 3 – Final Wet Sand, Buffing & Polishing" on Stewmac and it will walk you through it.Medium compound is for post-2000 grit sanding and it WILL SCRATCH. Fine does a great job of finishing up the medium scratches, and you could honestly get by just stopping there. But the SWIRL REMOVER IS THE STUFF OF MIRACLES: if you just have fine picking scratches, this alone will restore the mirror smoothness. This formula gets rid of the smallest scratches the eye can see. Stewmac calls it the 'cherry-on-top', well if that means it carries the whole squad then that's good enough for me. Make sure you have three separate fibre cloths for wiping these off, because wiping off swirl-remover with a cloth that already has Medium residue WILL undo your hard work.Obviously this alone wont get rid of super deep body scratches (that's fixed by sanding), but this set is way worth the money and it doesn't take up a lot of time. I'm almost afraid to touch my guitars now, they look so good!
David Warmke
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2022
Had some cracks in the front of my Taylor 810 - 98 DRYING OUT. Re humidified for a month then filled them with JET Ca glue and wet sanded to 10,000 grit , had some haze from the excess glue when I wiped it off. Was fine but had some haze in the finish.Took two minuities with the medium compound and a microfiber cloth and it was shining like new!!!WELL WORTH THE MONEY IT ACTAULLY WORKS!!!!
Max O.
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2019
Amazing product!!! I saw demos of this being used on YouTube for the average guitar enthusiastic painting their own guitars. I've been making a relic strat and after wet sanding found the finish to be HORRIBLE. I used the 4 different compounds, and my guitar shines perfectly!
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