Cleaning up a vintage bass... advice needed

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Cleaning up a vintage bass... advice needed

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Hey,

Any advice on a way to clean rust off chrome? Also, what is everyone's favorite ric polish?
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wet aluminium foil may help ... it works on car chrome ...

the best way is to have it rechromed ...
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Mothers[Im sure there are other brands] makes a good metal polish that works well on nickel[kluson tuners] and chrome other then that,Jeffs, right re chroming.
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Nev-R Dull works well.
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Post by wints »

Try Maas. Brings old chrome back to life real good.
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What do you guys use to polish the wood finish? The ric website mentioned carbana wax, or turtle wax for more scratched finishes. I was thinking of using carbana on the front of my 72' and turtle on the back since it is a little more rough.
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Post by rickenbrother »

Turtle Wax would work well on the front and back of the body.
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I use 3M rubbing compound works great.
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joey... is that turtle wax without the minor abrasive? Sounds foolish but that is what I saw in the store
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carbana? or carnuba?
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could be carnuba... the correct spelling is on the ric site under the FAQ for finishing.
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Post by rickenbrother »

Jon, Turtle Wax T-123 in the green bottle.
Nev-r Dull works well on metal, the same stuff is sold as Buckaroo in the drum department of music stores intended to clean cymbals.
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Thanks everyone!!!
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