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Post subject: What do YOU use to polish/clean your strings and guitar?
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:29 pm
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For my strings, I use Fast Fret,then spray the whole neck (front and back) with some Finger Ease, spray some Fender guitar polish on neck, take a 100% cotton cloth and wipe it down.for the rest of the guitar, i take the fender guitar polisher and spray on guitar and take the cloth and wipe it down. then use the dry part of cloth and dry guitar.

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:09 pm
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I use the fender meguiars kit and for my strings and the rosewood fretboard I use ernie balls fretboard conditioning wipes and for the strings I use ernie balls string cleaner wipes :)


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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:02 pm
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A bit of lemon oil for polishing. I've been using it for 40 years and it still works wonders.

The strings I wipe down with a cloth to get the grit off at the end of a gig, rehearsal or just practicing.

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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:33 pm
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i just use a cloth and a lot of huff huff :oops:

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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:25 pm
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An old shirt or sock.

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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:32 pm
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I use dog urine.

















Sorry, I really couldn't resist. :twisted: :lol:

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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:18 pm
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texasguitarslinger wrote:
I use dog urine.






Sorry, I really couldn't resist. :twisted: :lol:



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Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 12:00 am
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I don't clean mine.... the funkier looking the better. strings get fast fret though.


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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 11:46 am
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Turtle Wax, or other car polishes, work nicely on the painted part. For the neck, I just wipe the back down with a slightly damp cloth and dry it again. For the strings, I just give them a wipe when they need it, which isn't very often.


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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 12:49 pm
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Hey Guys, First post. Well, I'm using an old but very soft rag, and I bought String Ease (I think) for preventing the strings from getting rusty to quick.


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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:35 pm
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Actually I should just add that 99% of the time, for cleaning the body, I use a bit of breath, plus a microfibre cloth. I've got a few nitro-finished guitars so I'm hesitant to use anything that could result in a "coat" of polish over the top.


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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 2:20 am
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I personally use high grade Meguiar's on the body. Lemon oil on the neck.


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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 4:20 am
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Every string change I get a polishing cloth and just dab it with some warm water and scrub the fretboard so there is never a grime build up,dont soak it it should be dry by the time you get to the top.And every 4th change I use lemon oil.For strings I have tried every product ever put out and came across Dunlop 65 string cleaner which I like and a bottle goes a long way.Try to keep from using anything on your strings as long as possible as they have a sheen to begin with,but you have to wipe them down fast and hard right after playing to keep em fresh,but the minuete you use what you like you still get that lil sticky feeling .So many people neglect to wipe there strings and once they go half the guitar is in tune and half is out.As for cleaning I like the fender kit with the MIST AND WIPE,HAZE REMOVER,AND POLISH.That is a really good product because most of the time you just spray on the mist and wipe down the whole guitar and neck its great.Then when your really bored lol you can use all 3 products and buff it up to a showroom shine.


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