How do I boil my Rotosound silk wrapped strings? I don't want to ruin the silk wrapping like I have before. Is there any way to cover them when the strings boil, and then viola! the silk wrapping is just like when you put it in to boil? Suggestions? Thanks much, you guys rock.
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Boiling Silk-wrapped strings HELP!
- Thread starter Masterbasser71
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- Aug 13, 2000
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I just orient them in the boiling pan so that the post winding end isn't in the water...I'll have to try the alcohol thing sometime, but I get good results from the boiling.
Boiling them is more effective and quickerSoak them in denaturated alcohol like the rest of us
Boiling in water, while it may restore the sound of your strings for a brief period of time, is not good. The windings are SS, but the core is just a carbon steel that corrodes very quickly in contact with water, especially at high temperatures. If you insist of cleaning your strings, using anhydrous organic solvents is a much better idea. Soaking for an hour in a mixture of 90-95 % isopropanol (rubbing alcohol) and 5-10 % naphta (lighter fluid) would remove most of the organic residue, without corroding the cores or messing much with the silks. Just don't heat it, and keep away from open flame and sources of heat. It's highly flammable.
