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Topic: How to clean aluminum neck?
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Terry Sneed
Member From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
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posted 19 July 2004 11:26 AM
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What do you use to shine up an aluminum neck?
I guess it's aluminum. it's the top metal part that the pickups go through.
Terry------------------
84 SKH Emmons Legrand D10
session 400'rd Steelin for my Lord.
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Drew Howard
Member From: Mason, MI, U.S.A.
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posted 19 July 2004 11:46 AM
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Take the strings off, wipe a layer of Flitz onto the neck, let it sit for minute, rub off the Flitz off with vigor, it should shine the neck right up.good luck,
Drew ------------------
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[This message was edited by Drew Howard on 19 July 2004 at 11:47 AM.]
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C Dixon
Member From: Duluth, GA USA
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posted 19 July 2004 12:19 PM
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I have never tried any other product but the aluminum polish Emmons' supplies. But I can tell you it is great. Sometimes I can't believe how beautiful it leaves those shiny aluminum parts.carl |
Hook Moore
Member From: South Charleston,West Virginia
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posted 19 July 2004 04:39 PM
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I use mothers aluminum polish, works great too..
Hook------------------
HookMoore.com
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Ray Montee
Member From: Portland, OR, USA
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posted 19 July 2004 04:52 PM
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Dumb question perhaps: When it came to airplanes, we learned that once you wiped your plane down with them, current market products, it would shine for perhaps fifteen minutes, then it would start to turn to that sickly gray-black dirty appearance once again.
Do these guitar polishes AVOID that type of cleaning reaction? In other words, will it keep on shining indefinitely OR, is there a period of time wherein it will turn back to a dirty gray appearance.
One, who needs to know. THANX> |
stingray
Member From: maplewood ohio
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posted 19 July 2004 06:37 PM
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Mothers alumn. polish, found in your local auto store for alumn. wheels ....it will buff out, polish,& put a coating to help from dulling.....------------------
Gary L.Converse
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Terry Sneed
Member From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
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posted 19 July 2004 07:17 PM
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Thanks, I'll look for some of that Mothers aluminum.
Terry------------------
84 SKH Emmons Legrand D10
session 400'rd Steelin for my Lord.
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Dennis Detweiler
Member From: Solon, Iowa, US
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posted 19 July 2004 07:21 PM
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I've tried just about every aluminum polish on the market. Flitz seems to have the edge. I've used 600 wet/dry paper and water to take out scratches. Then used Flitz and rubbed it as I applied it, until it is nearly dry. Then buff with a soft cloth. Brings it back to better than factory shine. |
David Decker
Member From: Canton, Ohio, USA
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posted 19 July 2004 07:33 PM
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Flitz is great stuff, works the best out the others I've tried. |
Bill Brummett
Member From: Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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posted 19 July 2004 07:52 PM
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Here's the way I learned from Bobby Bowman -- and it really works!!Use Mother's (or Never Dull) Wadding. the polish is imbedded in a fiber wadding and you just pull off a little piece and start polishing. Gets everything pretty black for a while. Then -- and this is Bobby's great secret --- use regular toilet paper to do the removal and polishing. Not KLeenex mind you -- but toilet paper like Charmin, etc.!!! This really works and your aluminum will look better than new!!
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Jerry Roller
Member From: Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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posted 19 July 2004 08:33 PM
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Terry, you state that it is the part that the pickup mounts thru. Does that mean you are wanting to clean the "jewelled" top of the Emmons neck? If so, you don't want to use a metal polish on it. You need just a cleaner for that part. I use mag wheel cleaner just a little dab at a time on a cloth being careful to avoid getting in on the fretboard or any painted surface though I don't think it would hurt it. I then neutralize it with a "waterwet" cloth. The advise the other have given is all good for the polished part of the neck. You might wish to substitute a strong soap such as "Comet" cleanser for the wheelcleaner.
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C Dixon
Member From: Duluth, GA USA
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posted 19 July 2004 08:36 PM
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Ray the stuff from Emmons does not turn gray. Or it hasn't for me anytime I have used it. And the aluminum stays beautiful for a long time. I do not know about the other products,carl |
Jody Carver
Member From: The Knight Of Fender Tweed~ Dodger Blue Forever
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posted 19 July 2004 08:54 PM
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Jerry writes................................you state that it is the part that the pickup mounts thru. Does that mean you are wanting to clean the "jewelled" top of the Emmons neck? If so, you don't want to use a metal polish on it. You need just a cleaner for that part.Unquote.. Jerry I was going to ask the same question. Would polishing that mess up the aluminum? My guitar like all other Emmons has that jeweled look and I wondered what part of the aluminum they were making reference too...thanks for clearing this. I dint think its a good idea to mess with that. The natural finish is dull and I guess thats standard. |
Jerry Roller
Member From: Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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posted 19 July 2004 09:04 PM
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Yeah Jody, I'm sure you know but that jewelled finish is accomplished by tapping a orbital sander up and down on the surface with no side movements which results in very shallow circular patterns that you would not want to polish out or trap a polish residue in. Just keep it clean and leave it alone is my recommendation.
Jerry |
Jim Smith
Member From: Plano, TX, USA
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posted 19 July 2004 09:33 PM
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When Terry said, "it's the top metal part that the pickups go through", I took that to mean the shiny parts of the whole neck. You know, that metal thingy that sits on top of the body that the strings go over and the pickup goes through. |
Jody Carver
Member From: The Knight Of Fender Tweed~ Dodger Blue Forever
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posted 20 July 2004 06:11 AM
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The longer I live..the less I know.  |
Terry Sneed
Member From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
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posted 20 July 2004 07:58 AM
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Yea, Jerry, that's it, I didn't know they called it jeweled part, but that's what I'm talkin about. glad you saw this post.  I know what a steel guitar neck is, Sir Smith.
guess I should have said the part of the neck where the pickup goes through. 
Terry ------------------
84 SKH Emmons Legrand D10
session 400'rd Steelin for my Lord.
[This message was edited by Terry Sneed on 20 July 2004 at 08:10 AM.] [This message was edited by Terry Sneed on 20 July 2004 at 08:12 AM.]
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David Doggett
Member From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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posted 20 July 2004 11:28 AM
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I've used aluminum polish (forget which kind) on both the jeweled top part and the shiny sides of the neck. The jeweled part cleaned up nicely and needed it as much as the shiny parts. The jeweled swirls are pretty deep, and didn't seem to be in danger of getting polished off with the cleaner. |
Ricky Littleton
Member From: Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Orlando, Florida USA
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posted 23 July 2004 06:50 PM
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Terry, I've always used Simichrome or Never-Dull. Both work good for me. I thing the NeverDull is a little faster and saves on the old elbow!!!!A lot of folks use Simichrome to buff out irregularities and I've done that too on my Harley, but haven't bore down that heavily on the ol' LeGrande yet. I save my old t-shirts to use a buffing cloths for the steel and the Harley. Hope this helps, RIcky ------------------
Emmons LeGrande - 8x4
Session 400 Ltd, Peterson VS-II Tuner
Dan-Echo, E-Bow, Ibanez Distortion, Boss Comp./Sustain, Ibanez Auto-Wah, PX4 Pandoras Box
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Terry Sneed
Member From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
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posted 24 July 2004 08:04 AM
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thanks for all the info, but I bought me a bottle of armor all wheel cleaner, and I'm goin to use that on the jeweled part of the neck. I have some semichrome to use on the other.
Terry------------------
84 SKH Emmons Legrand D10
session 400'rd Steelin for my Lord.
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