| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Of Picks And Such | | Date: | Saturday, November 26, 2005 18:32:51 (-0800) | | From: | Richard DeNeve <richard_d13132 @.....com>
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| In reply to: | Message 1201 (written by Gary L. Stone) |
Gary,
It is likely that what you are calling a stainless
steel guitar is really a nickel plated brass guitar,
possibly a nickel plated steel guitar. (A magnet would
tell you.)
Nickel tarnishes, from skin oils, sweat, oxygen from
the air, even trace amounts of household chemicals
like bleach, ammonia, vinegar, etc. The good news is:
the tarnish may be removed with a tarnish remover like
NEVR DULL and MOTHERS metal polishes available in auto
stores. The bad news is: new metal will oxidize and
be removed the next time. After 5 or 50 "next times,"
you will be down to the brass.
The best thing would be to prevent these chemicals
from getting to the nickel in the first place. I
don't know of a good way to do this, unfortunately.
Cobalt plating? Lacquering? Never open the case it's
stored in? Wax would wear off pretty quickly, and
some waxes also contain mild abrasives that would dull
the sheen and remove metal. Folks who own these
guitars may be able to help. Wish I could.
Dick DeNeve
--- "Gary L. Stone" <mstone22@comcast.net> wrote:
(snip)
> For those very few of you with stainless steel
> body resos out there...
> How do you clean and protect them? I imagine it'd
> be best to clean it with
> Windex or something like that. Do you use any
> polish on them? I would
> figure that car wax would have a detrimental effect
> on the sound. It looks
> like a mirror right now. We'd like to keep it that
> was as long as possible.
> Thanks again for all of the help and advice.
> Rat Man
>
>
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