WD-40 on strings
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BigAlTheBird
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Re: WD-40 on strings
:smack: :laugh2: :no: :eek13: :rant: :wrf:
:smack: :laugh2: :no: :eek13: :rant: :wrf:
BigAlTheBird
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Re: WD-40 on strings
Short answer, no. Don't ever do that!
Short answer, no. Don't ever do that!
BigAlTheBird
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Re: WD-40 on strings
lol No worries. It's all good.
lol No worries. It's all good.
larry_emder
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Re: WD-40 on strings
I suppose if you kept it off the guitar's finish it would be fine....but why take such a risk?
I suppose if you kept it off the guitar's finish it would be fine....but why take such a risk?
RushOfBlood
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Re: WD-40 on strings
oh goodness, why?
oh goodness, why?
JacksonMIA
Lemur-buckerologist
Re: WD-40 on strings
While WD-40 was invented as a cleaner, I wouldn't recommend it. Just change the strings - they're not that expensive.
While WD-40 was invented as a cleaner, I wouldn't recommend it. Just change the strings - they're not that expensive.
Boogie Bill
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Re: WD-40 on strings
I have used it with no ill effects on a finished maple fingerboard, but...
There are better products for string cleaning, like the Dunlop 65 String Cleaner.
Bill
I have used it with no ill effects on a finished maple fingerboard, but...
There are better products for string cleaning, like the Dunlop 65 String Cleaner.
Bill
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theodie
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Re: WD-40 on strings
People pulling a Macgyver on their guitars again!
Folks, do you realise that there are products made to do certain maintence tasks on guitars that are safe for you guitar????? OMG, what a concept!!!!
No Macgyver, if you like your guitar the way it is, dont do it!!!!
+1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000bigalthethird said:
People pulling a Macgyver on their guitars again!
Folks, do you realise that there are products made to do certain maintence tasks on guitars that are safe for you guitar????? OMG, what a concept!!!!
No Macgyver, if you like your guitar the way it is, dont do it!!!!
Re: WD-40 on strings
It'll age a fender neck like no one's business.... i know a local country act I sat in with on a few occasions. Both guitarist and bass player took out a big can of wd40 and a rag and oiled up their necks before we got started. Dude's tele neck looked like it was 80 years old.
It'll age a fender neck like no one's business.... i know a local country act I sat in with on a few occasions. Both guitarist and bass player took out a big can of wd40 and a rag and oiled up their necks before we got started. Dude's tele neck looked like it was 80 years old.
BigAlTheBird
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Re: WD-40 on strings
Age like in a cool "ooh that gives me an idea" way, or age like in an "eww that's really gross" way?
Age like in a cool "ooh that gives me an idea" way, or age like in an "eww that's really gross" way?
Mr. B
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Re: WD-40 on strings
WD-40 is purely a lubricant and it dries leaving no rust-preventing coating (learned that from a police armorer who hated seeing officers clean their gun with it)
I wouldn't get it anywhere NEAR my guitar finishes, cheap or not.
Spraying it on would also ensure that it would pool around the frets, soaking down into the fret slots, damaging the wood that holds your frets in!!
If we were living in 1929 during the depression, I could understand but geez, shell out a couple of dollars for real string cleaner.
WD-40 is purely a lubricant and it dries leaving no rust-preventing coating (learned that from a police armorer who hated seeing officers clean their gun with it)
I wouldn't get it anywhere NEAR my guitar finishes, cheap or not.
Spraying it on would also ensure that it would pool around the frets, soaking down into the fret slots, damaging the wood that holds your frets in!!
If we were living in 1929 during the depression, I could understand but geez, shell out a couple of dollars for real string cleaner.
loudriver23
New member
Re: WD-40 on strings
Yep,
WD-40 while great as a lubricant for a squeaky cabinit door. Has NO business on a guitar. It eats finish, attracts dust, and as stated before just not a good idea!
Yep,
WD-40 while great as a lubricant for a squeaky cabinit door. Has NO business on a guitar. It eats finish, attracts dust, and as stated before just not a good idea!
