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Post subject: WD40 - Good for strings, bad for guitars?
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:39 pm
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Squirt a bit on a neatly folded rag (old cut up shirt is nice) slide the rag under your (slightly detuned) string and drag it up and down. You will hear a loud squeek which will get quieter as the dirt polishes out.

Tune up and feel the magic!

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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:52 pm
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I have mentioned this a time or two before. WD40 should not be used anywhere on a guitar.

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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:56 pm
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Come on! You can't just say that and not elaborate!

Why? It doesn't eat paint, is kind to wood.....I can't see a problem?

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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:57 pm
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WD40 was made to eat rust, it will eat wood, paint, etc. It is also highly flammable.

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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:58 pm
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Ian have you ever tried a Blitz Cloth? I have had people recomend them to me and I have yet to try one out.

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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:00 pm
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Gotta be just the same as fastfret. That stuff builds up behind the frets no matter what they say.

Whilst on the subject of things not to use on a guitar. Can anyone recommend anything to smooth out a horribly dry rosewood board? lemon oil just aint doing it. the things dry 20 minutes after applying it. I'm strongly considering diesel :evil:

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I have some Fast Fret and some misc dunlop polish/cleaner I use for that.

I don't think I'd want anything other than guitar-specific stuff on an unfinished rosewood neck. But I'd be open to anything. I've seen WD40 do some nice work on super rusty bolts and metal, and very fast.


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Gotta be just the same as fastfret. That stuff builds up behind the frets no matter what they say.

Whilst on the subject of things not to use on a guitar. Can anyone recommend anything to smooth out a horribly dry rosewood board? lemon oil just aint doing it. the things dry 20 minutes after applying it. I'm strongly considering diesel :evil:


Use some 0000 steel wool lightly going with the grain. Then apply some Gerlitz Guitar Honey. I usually apply it with a q-tip, let it sit for about 10 minutes. If it is mostly soaked in apply it again. and again if needed until it starts to pool on the fret board. Use a clean dry rag to wipe up all the excess.

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CAFeathers wrote:
WD40 was made to eat rust, it will eat wood, paint, etc. It is also highly flammable.


I've never had a problem with this. My oldest guitar is from the mid nineties, and I've pulled this string stunt may times. It's a squier, so it's Poly. I can't speak for Nitro though - never owned a guitar posh enough!

Never had wood issues. But Your warning is heeded! I will be careful!

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Chet,
your advice as always is well heeded thanks mate. :)

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Chet,
your advice as always is well heeded thanks mate. :)


And the good thing about is: My advice is free for the asking.

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I've even found a uk seller of Gerlitz Guitar Honey. Theres only one person in the uk selling the stuff :shock:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/poshguitars

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I've even found a uk seller of Gerlitz Guitar Honey. Theres only one person in the uk selling the stuff :shock:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/poshguitars


I believe you can order direct from Gerlitz too.

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nikininja wrote:
Whilst on the subject of things not to use on a guitar. Can anyone recommend anything to smooth out a horribly dry rosewood board? lemon oil just aint doing it. the things dry 20 minutes after applying it. I'm strongly considering diesel :evil:


That's a good question. A while ago we were discussing lemon oil and Orvilleowner posted that the lemon aspect of that was supposed to be actually harmful to the timber over time.

He said there is a product that players of clarinets, oboes and such use on their instruments which is the useful mineral part of fretboard conditioner but without the lemon part. Now I'm wracking my brains to remember what the name of that stuff was - nah, can't get it. Maybe he'll post and remind us.

Or ask in the type of music shop that sells woodwind instruments. Trouble is, after about two centuries my tiny bottle of lemon oil is still half full, so I haven't got around to looking into Orville's product yet...

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My local shop specializes in woodwind :D

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