Hey ppl how can i get rust off my guitar? my elec guitar's strings, pick-ups nd screws r all rusted and i tried some rust sprays but they made it worse! any suggestions?
By staying away from sea. And actually playing the guitar pretty often, instead of letting it rust in a dinghy corner of your house. :
Use a bit of fine grit sandpaper. First remove everything from the guitar body, then sand it down till the surface corrosion disappears. Then put a fine layer of lubricant to hinder rust. Vaseline works. Strings should of course be changed out. Be careful when you use sandpaper near pickups, some very fine grades may have magnetic particles which will stick to pups. A Dunlop CO-101 or a Zorb-it Ci work perfectly to keep rust out forever from a closed case. They work by depositing a fine chemical layer on metal parts. And both work, I'm using them on an acoustic and the only wear on the strings is from playing, not even a spot of rust.
