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Topic: German silver: care and feeding? |
Russ Young
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2002 10:40 pm |
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Do any of you owners or appreciators of National German silver guitars have any plated-body maintenance tips you would share?
Bob Brozman suggests an annual application of car wax to prevent corrosion, protect from wear and make the guitar easier to keep clean.
Do any of you do this? Know any drawbacks or caveats? Have any other suggestions?
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mikey
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New Jersey
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Posted 29 Nov 2002 12:07 am
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I wax mine once in a while w/ that turtle wax spray wax...lot easier to clean up...tried paste wax ONCE...but it wasn't worth the hassle of getting all the dried wax out of every crevice and forget about the coverplate screens....I just make sure I wipe it down w/ a flannel cloth when I'm done playing....that's really the main thing.
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Dana Duplan
From:
Ramona, CA
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Posted 29 Nov 2002 6:00 am
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Go to National's website, and under FAQ there is a protocol for cleaning the metal-bodied intruments.
DD www.nationalguitars.com |
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Ian McLatchie
From:
Sechelt, British Columbia
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Posted 29 Nov 2002 11:11 am
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| Dana: Thanks for the link to the National Resophonic site. To this point I've just used a lightly moistened polishing cloth to clean my Rickenbacher Silver Hawaiian after each use, but I'll follow their suggestion and use rubbing alcohol instead of water. I also find an annual treatment with Turtle wax works well to inhibit corrosion. Flitz is a great product for heavier scratching and pitting, but it has to be used with real caution - it's a very mild abrasive, but an abrasive nonetheless. |
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Paul Warnik
From:
Illinois,USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2002 9:18 am
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Wadding Polish  Never use wax on engraved models  |
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2002 9:42 am
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Thanks, Paul.
For the benefit of everyone who reads this thread, here's some additional guidance Paul provided:
Russ Y-For the cleaning and polishing of silver bodied Nationals and just about any other metal part on a instrument-I prefer to use what is generally called "wadding polish" and comes in a round metal 5oz. can sold by the trade names "Nevr-dull" or "Shine-brite" which is most commonly used for polishing aluminum mag wheels and can be found at auto parts stores-after application a followup polishing with a clean cloth and then a chamois-I DO NOT recommend using automotive type liquid or paste wax on ENGRAVED models-this stuff gets deep into the engraving cuts and is then hard to remove-you can use automotive wax on a style 1 for example which has no engraving-I do not use alcohol or glass cleaner-the only application where I do tend to use glass cleaner is when cones that are removed have to be cleaned because they are coated with dust-PW |
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