Take your time and experiment with different pressures. Medium, Fine and Swirl remover made my Gibson headstock perfect! I was only trying to remove swirl and had to go to the Medium first to make that happen. I am serious about finishes and I am seriously impressed with this Stew Mac product! Small fast circular motions by hand (finger) worked very good for me. Little goes a long way, one drop per square inch. Too much and doesn't work too good. Seemed as if when it dried out a little is when magic happened. You'll know when to stop, it gets more difficult to polish, like the rag sticks a little.

I've done numerous guitar finishes using the Swirl Remover as the last step and it's been great, especially when used with a cordless drill and the Stew Mac foam polishing wheels. I recently completed a Stew Mac Fiddle kit and WOW! what a perfect final buffing step when using the swirl remover. Quickly brings a high gloss to the finish

I have used many different buffing compounds available from auto paint stores. This stuff is better, I like how the tubs are in a paste like consistency and does not go flying off when I use the foam buffer. I had debated and thought all compounds were the same but these are a higher quality. Something about the type of abrasive used, think micro mesh vs standard wet/dry paper.

Great for removing scratches and getting that Scratch free high gloss factory looking finish. Great for restoring an old finish without taking away from the value of high dollar instruments.

Swirl remover takes a good bit of elbow grease to help remove swirls in glossy finishes, but it works in the end. Heck, I've even used this stuff and the Stew-Mac foam polishing pads to buff out an inexpensive, but much-loved guitar's satin finish to a semi-glossy look, and it did a great job of that. Then I used the mostly used-up foam pad and the swirl remover to polish and take the haze out of the headlights of my two daughter's older cars so that the lights show much more road at night. So I very much got maximum use out the swirl remover and a foam polishing pad.

Works and you can buy in large or small! Your finishes need this for the ultimate shine.

Once in a while I finish with varnish and enjoy hand-rubbing to the final sheen. I find ColorTone Polishing Compounds every bit as good as any old world concoction ... and they are easier to use! Whether you are an experienced finisher or a novice, ColorTone just removed the guess-work from the rubbing and polishing process. A great product! Bob Benedetto

All the color tone products Ive used have been 1st rate. These polishing compounds are mind blowing. I had never hand polished a lacquer finish until recently. I wanted the headstock overlay of a Gibson guitar im working on to have a "vintage" worn look so when it came time to rub it out I used some fine grit color tone compound and a cotton rag, for no morethan 5 minutes. No Dice! It looks like it was rubbed out on an old Clarke pedestal buffer. amazing. Don't worry if you don't have the space or the dollars for a pedestal buffer. You don't need one.

This was a project I took on for one of my wife's students. He's the poor college boy but talented and had this Fender 5/12 with a hole in the back and overall ratty condition. He loves the instrument and though it's a $100.00 axe I thought it would test my ability to repair it on a budget. I struggled with the finish as I don't have a spray booth but this stuff made all the difference. After progressing to a 2000 grit paper I used the fine and swirl remover compounds and a foam pad in a hand drill I was able to produce a great mirror like finish. This stuff is probably a must for finishing any guitar to an acceptable level.

I bought these compounds to finish my first telecaster guitar and they were easy to use and the results were good.