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Bass clean ups // All hail goo gone!

Pearldiver

Pearldiver

Apr 30, 2005
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#1
After some elbow grease and liberal use of goo gone, I managed to restore my 94 Jazz back to it's original appearance

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Please share your cleaning/goo gone victories in this thread. :)
 
#4
Hmmm... is goo gone safe to use on Lacquer finishes? I'd think it wouldn't be. Thankfully most people use poly these days.

anyway, I've had to use a few times, for stickers that were never taken off, or wore off and left all the gunk there. I try to avoid putting stickers on my gear, because over time it'll cause that part of the guitar to change color slightly, especially on white finishes. Also some are just impossible to get off without damaging the finish.

did you put some polish on the guitar after getting the stickers off?
 
#6
tbonesullivan said:
Hmmm... is goo gone safe to use on Lacquer finishes? I'd think it wouldn't be. Thankfully most people use poly these days.

anyway, I've had to use a few times, for stickers that were never taken off, or wore off and left all the gunk there. I try to avoid putting stickers on my gear, because over time it'll cause that part of the guitar to change color slightly, especially on white finishes. Also some are just impossible to get off without damaging the finish.

did you put some polish on the guitar after getting the stickers off?
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No polish as of yet. Plan to get some come payday and clean all my basses up. Just wish I could afford to restring em all. :(
 
#7
Goo Gone is great for removing sticker mess, but then again so is denatured alcohol or acetone. Not sure how good ANY of that stuff is for finishes, but it beats having a little sticky square on the front of my bass lol.
 
#10
Some things I have used that DID NOT hurt finishes:

* Decal off - actualy made for this but sometimes not strong enough
* Spray 9 (do not use Simple Green)
* WD40
* Ronson lighter fluid (never left this on long as it will melt the decal adhesive and has not hurt polyurethane or polyester finishes)
 
#11
Goo Gone is a citrus based product, and safe for most every finish.
Goof Off is mostly xylene, the main component of lacquer thinner... don't use this on a vintage instrument.

Naptha is a safe and effective cleaner. Sold as "VM&P Naptha" in the paint thinner department and also readily obtained as Zippo Lighter Fluid. I use this often, it evaporates quickly and I don't mind the smell. Mineral spirits works too, but I hate the smell of that stuff and it is slower to evaporate.

Alcohol works great for most sticker residue... I use it when removing left over adhesive from removing vinyl graphics from most any surface... except for those finished in shellac! Most any form, from the diluted isopropyl alcohol from the medicine cabinet, to the the more pure denatured variety from the paint thinner department, to 95% pure Everclear from the liquor store. The last one is expensive due to liquor taxes.

Acetone attacks every finish and plastic (including fiberglass) that I'm aware of. I wouldn't touch that, unless you want to remove the finish completely.

Having said that, it's VERY difficult to damage the modern poly finishes. Gasoline won't even hurt them.

edit:
If you don't live in the US, the names are probably all different.
 
#12
not goo gone, but bringing a bass back from the dead...

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after,
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someone had put a handmade hand cut flame pick guard and then I think they stored in a crappy basement for a couple years.
 

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