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Topic: Which color is best for cleaning? |
Mike Weirauch
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Harrisburg, Illinois**The Hub of the Universe
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 1:10 pm |
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| I have never seen this question asked so I will come forward and just ask, "what color cloth rag is best for cleaning your steel guitar?" I have been using a yellow rag but a friend of mine started using a blue one and says it cleans better than the yellow. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 1:22 pm
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Lem Smith
From:
Long Beach, MS
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 1:37 pm
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Black obviously, at least if it's being used on a push-pull. However red cloth's clean faster!  |
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Wayne D. Clark
From:
Montello Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 2:06 pm
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I would suggest White if you want to see any results. However I'd suggest Black if you don't. Follow eather way with a Dryer Sheet to prevent Static Cling.
If this is a serious question, I'm sorry for the pun.
Desert Rose S10 3/5
Goodrich 120
Nashville 400 |
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Gene H. Brown
From:
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Mike Weirauch
From:
Harrisburg, Illinois**The Hub of the Universe
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 4:02 pm
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| Wayne, I shall try the static cling sheet tonight as that sounds like a good idea. Lem, I think I would also like a red cloth. Gene, I have one somewhere and I am looking for it now. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 5:37 pm
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| If you use the anti-static sheet, the steel won't stick to it .... |
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Jimmie Martin
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 21 Oct 2006 2:21 pm
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| try green |
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Bruce W Heffner
From:
Payson, Arizona
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Posted 22 Oct 2006 2:37 pm
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Hi Mike,
The best color is the color of the guitar, as any lint will not show up. By the way, I checked this with Harry Hess after reading your post and he agrees.
Bruce W
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 1:35 am
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| It's a lot easier in the long run to just color-coordinate your dust, cathairs and dandruff to the color of your steel. Or vice-versa, I forget which. |
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Gary Steele
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 7:56 am
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| PURPLE [This message was edited by Gary Steele on 23 October 2006 at 08:59 AM.] |
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Smiley Roberts
From:
Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 11:14 am
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Mike,
What's goin' on here?  Is it a slow day at the mortuary? Surely,you jest. (sorry,didn't mean to call you "Shirley".  )
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Terry Edwards
From:
Florida... livin' on spongecake...
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 11:27 am
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| Plaid should cover most applications especially if you own guitars of different colors. |
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Mike Wheeler
From:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 11:30 am
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| I can't use the dryer sheets at all!!! After spending all this money on a great steel rig, it would be horrible to think I COULDN'T STICK TO IT!!!!!!! |
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A. J. Schobert
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Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 1:01 pm
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| We should ask Martha Stewart and find out what kind of steel she plays, she's a forum member an't she? |
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 1:29 pm
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A. J. Schobert
From:
Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 3:50 pm
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| I figured Martha would play an Emmons, easyier on her doll-like hands,Mike did you check out her latest album? "Clean'n and Steal'n" she is an accomplished lady! |
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A. J. Schobert
From:
Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 4:04 pm
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| keepin your steel clean is a good thing. |
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 6:37 pm
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"Clean'n and Steal'n" OHHHHHH !lol  |
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Shane Reilly
From:
Melbourne, Australia
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Posted 24 Oct 2006 2:06 am
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Steel wool dipped in battery acid.Then put it on the front lawn and hose it down.After that tie it to the roof of your truck and drive to the ocean and throw it in,retrieve it and tie it back on your truck it will be dry by the time you get home.Repeat process if neccessary.Alternatively use a white rag as white is not "a" colour it's "all" colours.
Cheers,Shane. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 24 Oct 2006 6:08 am
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| I prefer either ochre or puce. Can't remember for the life of me where they are in the color spectrum, I just know they were crayons in the Crayola 128 pack... |
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Jimmie Martin
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2006 6:16 pm
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| i wish that i could have been able to afford the 128 pack of crayolas. i think i got to 32 once. |
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