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Originally Posted by KeithBMI What does everyone use to clean the chrome parts (tuners, bridge, control plate...) on their bass. Will Windex do the job? or is there something else I should use? |
When you get the older parts with the greyish patina on them, that's usually a varnish from smoke. When I do a resto or full blown setup, I remove the tuners and soak them in denatured alcohol to break this film. That's not the only stuff that will do it but it's the safest and best. Windex won't break down this film but will bust up most other greasy coatings. BTW, learn the difference between chrome and nickel parts. Nickel is a darker metal with less of a mirror quality to it's reflection. Nickel will "tarnish" and that can't be cleaned off any other way than polishing with a compound.
