using Vaseline to lube guitar screws?
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Texas Slim
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Re: using Vaseline to lube guitar screws?
Use a bar of dry soap. Scrape it along the threads. It lubes the screw without softening the wood, like oil or Vaseline can.
Use a bar of dry soap. Scrape it along the threads. It lubes the screw without softening the wood, like oil or Vaseline can.
Lake Placid Blues
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Re: using Vaseline to lube guitar screws?
Yep use soap.
Yep use soap.
Chris of Arabia
Desert RATT
Re: using Vaseline to lube guitar screws?
Candle wax. I just have a couple of tea-lights handy in the tool kit. Drag the screw thread across it a couple of times and you're good as gold. I'll do the same with my nut slotting files too; kind of acts like the final polish to the slot when you're doing the last couple of cuts.
Candle wax. I just have a couple of tea-lights handy in the tool kit. Drag the screw thread across it a couple of times and you're good as gold. I'll do the same with my nut slotting files too; kind of acts like the final polish to the slot when you're doing the last couple of cuts.
vinta9e
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Demina
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Re: using Vaseline to lube guitar screws?
I always use candle wax as well. I never thought of using it for nut filing tho', so I'll have to try that next time!
Note that some types of oil may damage some finishes, and some, particularly anything containing silicone, can cause problems with future refinishing, should it become necessary.
I always use candle wax as well. I never thought of using it for nut filing tho', so I'll have to try that next time!
Note that some types of oil may damage some finishes, and some, particularly anything containing silicone, can cause problems with future refinishing, should it become necessary.
Snake Aces
Singlecut Slut
Re: using Vaseline to lube guitar screws?
Try Big Bends Nut Sauce but apply liberally
Try Big Bends Nut Sauce but apply liberally
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Funkfingers
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Re: using Vaseline to lube guitar screws?
Lanolin.
"Lanolin is used commercially in many industrial products ranging from rust-proof coatings to lubricants. ... The water-repellent properties make it valuable as a lubricant grease where corrosion would otherwise be a problem."
Lanolin.
"Lanolin is used commercially in many industrial products ranging from rust-proof coatings to lubricants. ... The water-repellent properties make it valuable as a lubricant grease where corrosion would otherwise be a problem."
