How to Remove Rust From Guitar Strings
- 1). Slide a cotton towel between the fret board of the guitar and the guitar strings. This will prevent you from pressing the strings against the frets as you clean.
- 2). Spray the surface of the strings with a commercially available guitar string cleaner such as those available from Planet Waves, GHS or Fender.
- 3). Rub the length of the strings with a microfiber cloth to remove the rust stains from the strings. The strings will dry off quickly so add more spray as needed. Move to a new section of the microfiber cloth as the cloth turns brown. Repeat this until you no longer get brown on your cloth.
- 4). Remove the towel from between the fret board and strings.
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