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After recently purchasing a new Strat to play surf music with, I
realized how beat up my old Tele looks.
The finish is in good shape but some of the metal parts are looking
bad. The tuning pegs have lost their chrome lustre. The bridge
assembly in particular looks pretty shabby. Its got some kind of rust
on the side where my hand rests. I've tried to remove it using
a small wire brush with no success. I know I can replace the part but
I would rather not because the serial number is on the original.
Does anybody have any advice on how to get an old guitar (about 15
years old) looking better without replacing all the parts?
Thank you all. I enjoy this group quite a bit.
--Bob
Hi Bob,
Well, there is a very easy way to get rid of these rusty stains. Use a
liquid brass cleaner. It works great.
Apply a bit on a cotton cloth and polish the part. You may want to
repaet this a few times until the rust is gonne.
I also use this to clean my frets on the fretboard. Only use a liitke
amounth.
I also use a cleaning soloution for expensive wooden furniture (not taht
I have any) but it works great on guitars as well. Never apply directly
on the guitar, but always on a cotton cloth.
Don'tuse any power tools on your hardware, not a good idea, since it
polishes the chrome away.
I tried these techniques firs on a cheap guitar, before trying them on
my Jazzmaster and Tele.
Jerry S. from Belgium
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Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Doing some guitar cosmetic work
After recently purchasing a new Strat to play surf music with, I
realized how beat up my old Tele looks.
The finish is in good shape but some of the metal parts are looking
bad. The tuning pegs have lost their chrome lustre. The bridge
assembly in particular looks pretty shabby. Its got some kind of rust
on the side where my hand rests. I've tried to remove it using
a small wire brush with no success. I know I can replace the part but
I would rather not because the serial number is on the original.
Does anybody have any advice on how to get an old guitar (about 15
years old) looking better without replacing all the parts?
Thank you all. I enjoy this group quite a bit.
--Bob
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Jerry,
I tried this and it works! Thanks.
The solution was so obvious I don't know why I didn't think of it
sooner
Bob
--- In , "Jerry" <jerry.soetewey@b...>
wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> Well, there is a very easy way to get rid of these rusty stains.
Use a
> liquid brass cleaner. It works great.
> Apply a bit on a cotton cloth and polish the part. You may want to
> repaet this a few times until the rust is gonne.
> I also use this to clean my frets on the fretboard. Only use a
liitke
> amounth.
> I also use a cleaning soloution for expensive wooden furniture (not
taht
> I have any) but it works great on guitars as well. Never apply
directly
> on the guitar, but always on a cotton cloth.
>
> Don'tuse any power tools on your hardware, not a good idea, since it
> polishes the chrome away.
>
> I tried these techniques firs on a cheap guitar, before trying them
on
> my Jazzmaster and Tele.
>
> Jerry S. from Belgium
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bob_pryor_2000 <bob_pryor_2000@y...>
> [mailto:bob_pryor_2000@y...]
> Sent: vrijdag 10 januari 2003 20:46
> To:
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Doing some guitar cosmetic work
>
>
> After recently purchasing a new Strat to play surf music with, I
> realized how beat up my old Tele looks.
>
> The finish is in good shape but some of the metal parts are looking
> bad. The tuning pegs have lost their chrome lustre. The bridge
> assembly in particular looks pretty shabby. Its got some kind of
rust
> on the side where my hand rests. I've tried to remove it using
> a small wire brush with no success. I know I can replace the part
but
> I would rather not because the serial number is on the original.
>
> Does anybody have any advice on how to get an old guitar (about 15
> years old) looking better without replacing all the parts?
>
> Thank you all. I enjoy this group quite a bit.
> --Bob
>
>
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>
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