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07-25-2009, 10:21 AM
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I've never had to lubricate any nuts on any basses I've owned before, but I recently purchased a guitar that may need a little help, as some of the string are a little sticky up there.
I know guitar shops carry a product specifically for this, but I'm not making that drive today. I will however be at Home Depot later, and I'm wondering what these nut lubes are made of? Can I get the same thing by another name at Home Depot? Are they silicone based?
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07-25-2009, 10:54 AM
| | | | If your strings are sticking in the nut, the slot in the nut may be a little too narrow. So, a little work with a nut file (or even very fine sandpaper) may be in order. The idea is to make the slot wider without making it any deeper, of course.
I have never used commercial nut lubes. A little bit of graphite makes a pretty good lube--just rub the point of a pencil in the slot. In general, you don't use silicone-based products in guitar work, because if it gets on the finish, it can make future finish repairs more difficult--the silicone is nearly impossible to remove.
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07-25-2009, 12:07 PM
|  | Thread Killer | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Valley of the Sun (AZ) | | | What Ed said - a pencil.
The other problem with silicone also is that it attracts dirt like crazy,
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07-25-2009, 12:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tejas | | | I like to lube my nuts at home with a pencil. |
07-25-2009, 12:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | Or, get a little tube of powdered graphite at a "home improvement" store. It'll probably be around the locks. I got a tube about 15 years ago and I'll never have to buy more, and I use a touch every time I restring the 4-string basses ('cause they have Hipshots on 'em).
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07-25-2009, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by JTE  Or, get a little tube of powdered graphite at a "home improvement" store. | Just be sure not to throw it on your gig bag and forget about it. I had a tube open up on me. What a freakin' mess. I had to throw out some stuff get a new gig bag. |
07-25-2009, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by iammr2 I like to lube my nuts at home with a pencil. |
Be sure not to use the sharpened ones for that. Use the pencils from the B-E-A-D ATK. But you knew that.
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07-25-2009, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by iammr2 I like to lube my nuts at home with a pencil. | Me too! I'd show the OP my special nut-lubing technique, but it makes me uncomfortable when people watch.
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07-25-2009, 03:14 PM
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Owner and Operator, Xylem Handmade Basses and Guitars | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Durango, CO | | | I break off a piece of candle wax and rub it in the slots a lot of the time. The nuts need re-lubing more often, but I like the feel and how it works. |
07-25-2009, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by iammr2 I like to lube my nuts at home with a pencil. |
Sounds painful!  |
07-25-2009, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ByF If your strings are sticking in the nut, the slot in the nut may be a little too narrow. So, a little work with a nut file (or even very fine sandpaper) may be in order. The idea is to make the slot wider without making it any deeper, of course.
I have never used commercial nut lubes. A little bit of graphite makes a pretty good lube--just rub the point of a pencil in the slot. In general, you don't use silicone-based products in guitar work, because if it gets on the finish, it can make future finish repairs more difficult--the silicone is nearly impossible to remove.
Ed | Good advice. 
The stuff in music stores is called "Nut Sauce"! Just don't get the Habinero one!  
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07-25-2009, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Hawaii Islander Good advice.
The stuff in music stores is called "Nut Sauce"! Just don't get the Habinero one! | That's it! And now that i think of it, the stuff kinda looks like it has wax in it.
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07-25-2009, 08:37 PM
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Endorsing Artist: GHS Strings | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 818 ~ 805 ~ L.A. | | | TEFLON powder that can be bought at a crafts store is what I've used on Brass Nuts for about 25 years and I still have the one and only one I've ever purchased....
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