Cleaning and restoring vintage tuners
Finally found a set of Kluson No-lines which were the original version of tuners for my early 50's 000-28. Condition does not match the guitar, these are much poorer. Suggestions for cleaning the...
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Get a small glass jar and pour some naphtha in it. Drop in the tuners. Seal the jar. Leave overnight.
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The nickel plating is gone, so there is no way to make them look like new again.I generally scrub them with 0000 steel wool to remove the rust, then polish with Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish. They...
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I've been tempted to use an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner on tuners. Of course, since I don't own one I'd have to go out and buy one. Has anyone ever tried this? It looks like a safe way clean tuners....
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Aluminum foil crumpled loosely and run under the tap to catch some water Scrub the rust from the tuners. Won't scratch the metal like steel wool, removes rust very easily...wipe off all black residue....
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I've immersed tuners in "Liquid Wrench" penetrating oil to loosen the rust and corrosion which then could be scrubbed off with an old toothbrush. I avoid soaking plastic parts (I think there is some...
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