How does one remove rust from pole pieces?

[wasteofo2]

Is there some sort of oil, cream, liquid or anything else that you can buy to remove rust from the pole pieces of a pickup? I'd assume that there'd have to be something out there at a hardware store, but I just wanted to get something that wouldn't have any negative effects on the rest of the pickup (corroding the bobbin etc.) So, does anyone have any product reccomendations?

 

[Number One]

Re: How does one remove rust from pole pieces?

I used a hot steam pressure spray thing.But I to uninstall the pups first. It works pretty quickly, as long as you're careful not to get much moisture in sensitive areas.

 

[butnut]

Re: How does one remove rust from pole pieces?

You can use a pen/ink eraser...the hard white ones on cheap pens work best and easy to get to those poles. I'm into the relic thing so I like 'em nasty and funky.

 

[mongrollo]

Re: How does one remove rust from pole pieces?

And just cotton? Don't know but it allway work for me to clean anything without harming it. Anyway the rubber seems a better idea.

 

[Lee]

Re: How does one remove rust from pole pieces?

Any metal polish/cream cleanser/toothpaste will do it.

 

[Fusion1]

Re: How does one remove rust from pole pieces?

+1 for the baking soda toothpaste trick. I also used some of that Scratch X finishing compound for cars and it worked great for the poles as well as polishing up the bobbins to get rid of imperfections.