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Topic: Removing Old Rubber Stains from a Sho-Bud |
Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 2:59 pm |
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At some time during its history this particular Sho-Bud was stored for some time with the rubber leg protectors in contact with the body. The rubber perished leaving this stain and a similar one on the right-hand-side. Does anyone know how to remove the stains without spoiling the original finish.
I could strip the woodwork down completely and refinish it, and I've done that with another Sho-Bud, but in this instance I want to avoid that if possible.
Any suggestions ? I've tried alcohol, turpentine and hydrogen peroxide. |
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Dave Diehl
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Mechanicsville, MD, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 3:20 am
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| You may try a car cleaner/wax that is OK for clear coats finishes. I've scrubbed things off lacquered finishes before with it and the body even looks much better afterwards. Just make sure it's good for clear coat finishes. |
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Jim Eaton
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Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 12:12 pm
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You might try a dab of "cold cream" that women use to remove their make-up. I have used it to clean spots of "tar" off my surfboards and it did a great job. Not sure if it will work on rubber stains, but it should not hurt the original finish one bit.
JE:-)> |
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Eric West
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Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 2:28 pm
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Looks like it's under the finish. Maybe there's a way to bleach it, but it doesn't look good..
Considering the shape of the finish on the decal etc, you might want to pick a "feather point" on the apex of the curvature and do the whole front.
If that's the case, I'd hesitate before I put ANY kind of oily substance on it to clean it. Might make for horrible fisheyes in a new finish.
Also, make sure you're getting a slip-on waterborne decal. I think they're still available.
No smiley.
EJL |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 4:10 pm WD40
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| You got any WD40? I've used it to remove paint from a finished surface. Test a small area first. It should dissolve the rubber composition without any harm to the lacquer. But test a small area first just to be sure. |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 5:44 pm
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Looks like it's under the finish. Also, make sure you're getting a slip-on waterborne decal. I think they're still available.
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Unfortunately, I think you're right, Eric. As I mentioned, I've stripped a Sho-Bud down to its bare wood before, but I'm trying to avoid it. I have some transfer decals for the logo. They're no longer available for the playing cards, so my refinished Sho-Bud doesn't have them. |
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Eric West
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Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 4:48 am
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Actually I got some playing card transfers from Seymour at SGN. It was the logos he was out of in the waterborne.
LIke I said, any oily stuff will make it hard to refinish, but then I'm sure you know that especially sillycone..
Good luck.
EJL |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 12:39 pm
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If those are just surface smudges, lighter fluid (naphtha) is the best thing to use and safest for the finish (very flammable - don't do it in a closed garage). However, normally that type of "stain" is caused by "platicizer leaching" - plasticizer is the stuff that makes "rubber" (actually plastic) feet flexible. The plasticizers tend to melt right through the finish. You MAY get lucky and get most of it off with lighter fluid and a soft cotton cloth - but it's more likely those areas would have to be stripped, the wood possibly bleached, and the finish touched up. This is a job for a professional. "Plan B" would be to have the whole thing refinished.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2007 6:19 am
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You really have to be careful when storing things. A fellow brought a Fender double neck Custom to me a while back for some restoration. I opened the case and there was one of those coiled cords lying on top of the guitar and every place the cord had touched the guitar, it had eaten into the finish. It just made me sick! I never was a fan of those coiled cords and now I hated them even more.  |
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