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12-29-2011, 09:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | rookie mistake battery compartment corrosion! ugh!
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OK I moved almost two years ago now and I did everything right when I packed away my basses. Detuned the strings packed them nicely but what I completely forgot was to take out the battery in my Lakland ugh! I finally had the time to take it out of the closet and play it a bit but the battery corroded but only on the negative side. Is this something I can fix on my own or do I need to take it somewhere? What an idiot! So pissed at myself.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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12-29-2011, 09:57 AM
| | | | Stiff wire brush, brush off the stuff. Should be fine.
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12-29-2011, 10:00 AM
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12-29-2011, 10:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | | You let a Lakland sit for 2 years? WOW.
Try the old car trick, mix some baking soda with some water and brush or wipe it on. It should clean the corrosion off.
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12-29-2011, 10:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Thanks! It doesn't look too bad just that one side think I have one of those hanging around here somewhere. Will give it a shot!
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12-29-2011, 10:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Thanks for the replies will give them a shot. I know it's pretty sad that it sat so long but I'm back in School and really focusing on that right now but mentally right now I need my damn bass! lol |
12-29-2011, 10:13 AM
|  | <---Shinola Shite--^ | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manitoba, Canada | | | Yeah flush it with baking soda after you clean the gunk out; it'll neutralize the acid. Use a paint brush to apply it. Then polish the contact with a piece of 1000 grit emery cloth if you see any pitting.
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12-29-2011, 11:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Thanks for all the help! Works great back to normal again!! whew!!
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12-29-2011, 11:30 AM
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12-29-2011, 01:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Boynton Bch FL | | | Also believe it or not a little Coke or any cola will do the trick.
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12-29-2011, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by hdracer You let a Lakland sit for 2 years? WOW. | That's exactly what I was thinking lol
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12-30-2011, 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by RichardCranium Also believe it or not a little Coke or any cola will do the trick. | Why would anyone want to put a sugary acid in an instrument? Especially since there is battery acid already in there? Baking soda neutralizes acid. Save cola for taking rust off your bumper.
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12-30-2011, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 96tbird
Why would anyone want to put a sugary acid in an instrument? Especially since there is battery acid already in there? Baking soda neutralizes acid. Save cola for taking rust off your bumper.
| It's a well known mechanic's trick obviously use a little on a toothbrush or something not pour the whole can on a $2500 bass.
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12-30-2011, 12:12 PM
| | <---Shinola Shite--^ | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manitoba, Canada | | | So is baking soda and its not sticky sugar. The residue left behind is powdered soda. And it neutralizes battery acid, which cola doesn't. Cola contains acid. Enjoy.
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12-30-2011, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by RichardCranium  It's a well known mechanic's trick obviously use a little on a toothbrush or something not pour the whole can on a $2500 bass. | I have been a professional mechanic for over 40 years and can tell you that using coke to clean terminals is a shade tree hacks trick. No real mechanic would ever use it.
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12-30-2011, 12:38 PM
| | <---Shinola Shite--^ | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manitoba, Canada | | | What about maple syrup? :P
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