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Topic: Remedy for smokin' MOTS covering |
Mark Lynott
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 2:55 pm |
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If you have a really badly smoke-stained MOTS covered steel, you might try Stew-Mac's Preservation Cleaner/Polish. I found a MOTS Magnatone that reeked pretty bad with a thick haze like it'd been sitting on a barstool at the Dew Drop Inn since 1950 but otherwise was in great shape. After seeing that regular guitar cleaner/polish wasn't going get the job done anytime soon, and would likely take the whole bottle I tried some Stew-Mac cleaner on a small area (tested ok) and then used it 1x on all the MOTS surface and after the petro smell of the cleaner was gone so was the reek and it looks fine.
-as always, test on a inconspicuous area, stay away from bare wood and headstock decals, and read the bottle label.
be advised: to some this cleaning may remove "mojo"-I just figure this is a MOTS Magnatone Student model, not a Fender Champion. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 11:22 pm
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Smoke is not all bad,Back in the 70's worked with a steel player[at the time I was on guitar]He played a Sho-Bud D-10,had this real pretty orange finish,I made a comment once that I liked the color of his guitar,he turned it over and you could see a litte white under it,Years of smokey honky tonks had turned his white guitar into a beautiful orange custom finish,don't you know.
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Mark Lynott
From:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2007 8:28 pm
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Excellent point, I certainly wouldn't try to remove that sort of fine patina. I just didn't care for this particular instrument to be noticeable in such a way
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