Guitar Polishes Guitar polishes tend to be used after ‘cleaning’ your guitar, and are usually a lot thinner than guitar cleaner. Guitar polishes will often contain a small bit of wax (pure carnauba wax is the best), which acts as a protectant and helps give the finish a lustrous shine.

Heck I'd be more apt to make the rest of it shiny. But some folks will take an extra fine steel wool, emery cloth or sandpaper, a fine a grit as you can get, and "rough" it up a bit. You should not be able to feel it is any rougher, but it should not longer look shiny. If you do this, experiment first in a spot that is the least noticeable.

Following Dan E.’s advice, I added a few drops of 3-in-1-style lubricant. The toxic bath didn’t make the parts look new, but it worked loose most of the crud and some of the rust. (If I were less lazy, I might also have soaked the knobs and selector switch in a cup of warm water with some dishwashing detergent added.)

I'm removing a self-stick tortoise pickguard (cheap) from my 2013 Martin 000-28vs acoustic guitar and replacing it with a clear pickguard (scratch plate) usi
For more stubborn stains, a mild abrasive such as toothpaste or baking soda can be used. These abrasives will remove the stain without damaging the finish of the guitar. For more severe stains, a stronger abrasive such as sandpaper may be needed. This will remove the stain but may also damage the finish of the guitar.
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