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Topic: what do you use to clean under the strings? |
Bill McCloskey
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Posted 30 Aug 2018 6:34 am |
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| Anybody have any hints on the best way to keep your fretboard clear of dust and dirt withouth having to destring the instrument? |
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Jim Davies
From:
Charlottesville VA
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C. E. Jackson
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Posted 30 Aug 2018 7:27 am
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Bill, I have used flannel cloth (12" x 9") which I fold double (12" x 4 1/2"). I slip the double
under the strings and wipe the fretboard by pulling it back and forth, and then up against the
strings by pulling it back and forth. Then I take it from under the strings and grip and wipe
each string up and down the full length at least 2 times. Then I wipe the entire instrument,
lap steels, front and back, with the cloth. This method has done a good job for my instruments
for many years, and the cloth is easy to carry in the case with the instrument.
C. E. Jackson 
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2018 7:41 am
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I like the Gibson polishing cloth:
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 30 Aug 2018 7:53 am
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I do basically what CE does, but I use a microfiber cloth, the kind found in the Auto section of Walmart.
They sure do have a habit of collecting dust.
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Michael Butler
From:
California, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2018 9:57 am
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i use a piece of an old nylon bedsheet as i don't want any lint left behind. it is good for above and below the strings.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 30 Aug 2018 10:16 am
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Someone used to sell a padded piece of chamois cloth affixed to a painter's mixing stick. Was good especially for 3D fretboards ("dustcatchers"). Easy enough to put together something like that oneself.
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 30 Aug 2018 11:09 am
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 30 Aug 2018 1:09 pm
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| Compressed air under strings from the key head to changer. Sometimes just a soft rag if I'm not concerned about the key head area. |
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 30 Aug 2018 1:38 pm
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Window blind cleaner...
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 30 Aug 2018 2:42 pm
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Paint stirrer & a rag.
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Aaron Johnson
From:
Lemoore, CA
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Posted 30 Aug 2018 3:48 pm
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| I use a combo of what Tony and Bill are doing. Compressed air around the pick up and hard to reach places and a microfiber cloth for the other parts. You can buy them in a pack from your local auto parts store. |
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