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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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WOW thanks for that tip I never heard of that one before.

That's great to know, Terence. Thanks for sharing that.

I forgot to mention- Frank Ford actually has a thing on it.

http://frets.com/FRETSPages/Luthier/Qui ... clean.html

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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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I sent my hearing aids through the washing machine. Brought them back to life in a cup of rice.

Rice dries cell phones out great also.

Bob

Just be very careful when vacuuming through the sound hole.

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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.

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Simon