For triangular linings only!!! -- I think your success will be limited if you try this approach with reverse style linings
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Cleaning The Inside Of A guitar |
I got a guitar in with a bridge lift that had been in a damp basement for years and had a lot of what looked like mold and discoloration inside. A real mess. A nice mid 70's BZ LoPrinzi dred. I had heard about the rice trick for cleaning the inside of a guitar and a good friend that has 30 years experience with repairs told me it worked well. I covered the label with low tack drafting tape, put a couple of cups of rice inside, taped the soundhole and bridge pin holes and shook the heck out of it several times a day for a couple of days and then vacuumed out the rice and blew it out. It was amazing, the inside looked almost brand new. This really works. |
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| Author: | jfmckenna [ Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cleaning The Inside Of A guitar |
WOW thanks for that tip I never heard of that one before. |
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| Author: | CharlieT [ Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cleaning The Inside Of A guitar |
That's great to know, Terence. Thanks for sharing that. |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cleaning The Inside Of A guitar |
I forgot to mention- Frank Ford actually has a thing on it. http://frets.com/FRETSPages/Luthier/Qui ... clean.html |
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| Author: | SimonF [ Fri Sep 02, 2011 1:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cleaning The Inside Of A guitar |
For triangular linings only!!! -- I think your success will be limited if you try this approach with reverse style linings
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cleaning The Inside Of A guitar |
SimonF wrote: For triangular linings only!!! -- I think your success will be limited if you try this approach with reverse style linings Very Interesting Idea . Why would the type linings make any diffrence though ? I dont get that ? 
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| Author: | Hupaand [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cleaning The Inside Of A guitar |
I sent my hearing aids through the washing machine. Brought them back to life in a cup of rice. |
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| Author: | Bob Shanklin [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cleaning The Inside Of A guitar |
Rice dries cell phones out great also. Bob |
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| Author: | Andy Birko [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cleaning The Inside Of A guitar |
Terence Kennedy wrote: and then vacuumed out the rice Just be very careful when vacuuming through the sound hole. |
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| Author: | SimonF [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cleaning The Inside Of A guitar |
For additional clarification, the rice could get lodged in the kerfed sections or reverse kerfed linings - that's why I mentioned "limited success" with reverse style linings. -- Simon |
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