Cleaning flats

[opivy3056]

Hey!

Im using TI jazz flats, have been for 3 months or so now, and they still feel/sound great, but they have all these gray spots that you can only see from a certain angle. Is this natural?

Or should I wipe them down with some majik solution?

How do you clean your flatwound strings? (please dont tell me to boil them )

-thanks!

[Sir Edward V]

i was just looking online for how to clean strings, I think i read somewhere once that you can make the strings sound and look like new if you boil them for a while, then put them in the oven to dry or something like that

I'm trying to find where i read that before i try anything

sounds like you may have heard of that before though, any insight?

[vcs700s]

Do you wipe down your strings with a clean cloth, like a t-shirt, after you play? If you do, it will help.

[zachbass02]

DON'T CLEAN THEM.....THE DIRT KEEPS THE FUNK!!!!!!

[opivy3056]

Originally Posted by vcs700s

Do you wipe down your strings with a clean cloth, like a t-shirt, after you play? If you do, it will help.

Already do.

[62bass]

Originally Posted by opivy3056

Hey!

Im using TI jazz flats, have been for 3 months or so now, and they still feel/sound great, but they have all these gray spots that you can only see from a certain angle. Is this natural?

Or should I wipe them down with some majik solution?

How do you clean your flatwound strings? (please dont tell me to boil them )

-thanks!

I've been using TI jazz flats for over 6 years now on all my basses. The oldest set still is on the bass and has been played a lot, live and at home. I wipe the strings down with a clean cotton cloth after playing. Usually before playing I used to use a product called Finger Ease and applied a little to the strings and wiped it off. On the flats it didn't seem to do much. It worked better on rounds. Once in a while, if my TIs seemed dirty, like from somebody with greasy hands trying the bass, I used some alcohol on a clean cloth and wiped them down. That's over 6 years on that bass and they still sound good.

I don't have any spots appearing on the strings, so I don't know what could be causing that. Maybe something environmental, or your body chemistry and perspiration from your hands. Try keeping your hands as clean as possible and wipe the strings before and after playing is all I can suggest. If your strings still sound good I wouldn't worry much about it. I haven't heard of any problems like yours (the ugly spots) on other strings either.

I don't know what majik solution is so I can't advise you there.

No, don't take them off and boil them.