Cleaning/Polishing a Floyd Rose?

[AdamBrad]

I'm currently in the process of selling my Razorback, which hasn't been properly played in 2 years probably. Unfortunately, this means there's now tarnishing on the Floyd, and I was wondering if there's any way to get rid of it. Would normal metal polish be too harsh?

To make matters worse, it's a black chrome job, but half of it has worn off already, so I'd consider taking it all off to make it look good...

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Re: Cleaning/Polishing a Floyd Rose?

I've read about people using Auto Sol successfully - makes things nice and shiny. I don't know the effect it will have on the black plating of the Floyd; not much, I'd hazard a guess; it's reasonably tough stuff. With softer finishes like cosmo on Ibanez trems, Auto Sol tends to rub it off with more vigorous application.

 

[bruce bennett]

Re: Cleaning/Polishing a Floyd Rose?

its best to clean Black plated parts with a mild soap and water. then dry throughly and put a lite coat of carnuba wax on them , buff and reassemble.

if you have severe pitting, then you can use a metal polish like "Extreme" metal cleaner and polish.
once pitting has gone beyond the surfface of the plating , theres really not much you can do for it other than just clean it, and the wax will protect it from getting much worse.