EdgarHF Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Why would I wipe it down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G u e s t Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 C'mon Edgar..... Sweat (water with disolved chlorides, cresols, lactate and urea) can have a pH down around 4. That's like pouring lemonade or cola on your guitar. Acidic enough to corrode strings and not too good for fingerboard and frets either. Sweat comes off your fingers along with sebum, which is mainly fats, wax and triglycerides, which build up in wound strings and around the frets - not exactly aids to tone. THAT'S why you just might want to wipe her down after use..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I use Power Chord guitar polish and Viva paper towels. Viva is the closest thing to cotton with no lint and you don't have to wash them(no detergents). Use them several times until they get too grubby or torn then throw it away and tear off another from the roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 C'mon Edgar..... Sweat (water with disolved chlorides' date=' cresols, lactate and urea) ...sebum, which is mainly fats, wax and triglycerides, .... aka "Body Grunge" "Lactate"? Anybody's arm been lactating lately?... or maybe... aw .. never mind. :- This ain't the Lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarHF Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 C'mon Edgar..... Sweat (water with disolved chlorides' date=' cresols, lactate and urea) can have a pH down around 4. That's like pouring lemonade or cola on your guitar. Acidic enough to corrode strings and not too good for fingerboard and frets either. Sweat comes off your fingers along with sebum, which is mainly fats, wax and triglycerides, which build up in wound strings and around the frets - not exactly aids to tone. [i']THAT'S[/i] why you just might want to wipe her down after use..... But, I take a bath every Sunday whether I need one or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 But' date=' I take a bath every Sunday whether I need one or not.[/quote'] Every Sunday?!?!?!?!? What are you, some sort of neat freak? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 But' date=' I take a bath every Sunday whether I need one or not.[/quote'] Ahhhhh! Edgar's the one bringin' soap to church and leavin' a ring around the baptismal font. :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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