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Topic: Cleaning and polishing around the keyhead |
Mac Knowles
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Almonte,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 3 Sep 2010 2:07 pm |
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Do any of you folks have an effective and relatively easy way of cleaning all the dust and grunge that accumulates around the tuning keys and the keyhead base. I'm just getting a steel ready to sell and like to get it looking as good as possible. Mine have the aluminum baseplate but even with just the wood it's hard to do nicely.
Thanks,
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Steve English
From:
Baja, Arizona
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Posted 3 Sep 2010 2:41 pm
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| Q-tips, dipped in 409........and patience |
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David Beckner
From:
Kentucky, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2010 3:21 pm
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a can of compressed air like that you would clean your computer works great.
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WALKER SEAT
NASHVILLE 400
BEHRINGER RACK TUNER
CUSH CASE RACK
PEAVEY DELTA FEX
PARTS CASTER.Gospel and Classic Country Music
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Rick Campbell
From:
Sneedville, TN, USA
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Johnny Baker
From:
Southport, Fla
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Posted 3 Sep 2010 5:25 pm Cleaning and polishing around the keyhead
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What a video, WOW.  
I thought he was serious.
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 3 Sep 2010 5:45 pm
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If your power washer is broken or Rick's method isn't for you, I'd suggest taking off all the strings. You are going to change them anyways, right? This makes it easy to get in those tight spots with a soft cloth and mild cleaner. Its also a good time to clean up the neck.
Once you get started cleaning your steel, the more time you can allot the better. Make a whole day of it if possible. Take the time to disassemble as many parts as you can. Take photos as you go if you're gun shy. There are a lot of parts! If you get it all back together and have a few extra parts, or are missing some, they'll come in handy!
Becoming familiar with your steel is just like any other instrument, understand what each part does individually in order to begin to understand how they all work in tandem together.
Most folks turn on the computer and dont need to know how it does what it does, just that it works properly.
Steelers are more often than not tinkerers by nature I feel, and want to know more as they learn about this wonderful contraption of a musical device!
Clete
Last edited by Clete Ritta on 6 Sep 2010 8:20 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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David Beckner
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Kentucky, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2010 6:24 pm
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instead of a qtip you can also use this -- use an old tooth brush and auto detail spray such as son of a gun..
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WILCOX SD10 (love the white mica)
WALKER SEAT
NASHVILLE 400
BEHRINGER RACK TUNER
CUSH CASE RACK
PEAVEY DELTA FEX
PARTS CASTER.Gospel and Classic Country Music
http://www.dbupholstery.yolasite.com |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2010 9:37 pm
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| Take the keyhead off- way faster if you're going to change strings especially. |
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Ned McIntosh
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 4 Sep 2010 1:16 am
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I use a soft paintbrush, about 1 inch wide, to remove light accumulations of dust from my steel. Need fairly long bristles to get down through the strings at the keyhead, and possibly a wider one for the fretboards would be a smart idea. But there is only so much room in the tradesman's carry-all I use for my steel stuff!
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 4 Sep 2010 6:54 am
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I agree with Jim.
It really isn't a big deal to remove the tuner head,
maybe 3 or 4 screws.
Then you can also polish up the tuner head along with the cabinet underneath. Put the tuner head back on along with a set of new strings and it will make a vast improvement on the looks of the instrument. |
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Johnny Baker
From:
Southport, Fla
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Posted 6 Sep 2010 5:35 pm Cleaning and polishing around the keyhead
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Fiden to do that myself. Bro Erv, you answered a question
that has been rolling around, in my mind about removing
the key head. I will most likely pull the tuning pegs
covers to clean and re-grease them as well.
Thanks for the info.
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