prs nickel corrosion

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:35 am

I've been away from the list lately. I miss you kids. I hope y'all are all doing great. I did a search on this, but I haven't quite found the answer.

A friend of mine bought a PRS last year and he is complaining that all the pickup covers and nickel parts are corroding rapidly. It isn't like he's a sweat monster and I know he doesn't play it a lot. Are there good things to: 1) clean off the schmutz? and 2) protect the nickel to avoid it in the future?

Thanks.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:54 pm

Wecome back, Mark. Maas metal polish should do the job; I found in the current postings the following meager reference to its use:

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http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/vibrolaarchives/vibrolajultodec2005/messages/102485/69665.html

http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/vibrolaarchives/vibrola20022003/messages/30838/4333.html

http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/vibrolaarchives/vibrola20022003/messages/30838/4868.html

http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/vibrolaarchives/vibrola20022003/messages/30838/7224.html

http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/vibrolaarchives/vibrola20022003/messages/30838/4968.html

http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/vibrolaarchives/vibrola20022003/messages/30838/4968.html

I have used Maas and it is indeed great.

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:06 am

Thanks Gary. You are a better searcher than I. I got the first one, but not the rest of them. I have forwarded the list of links to my buddy, who will obsessively read every word and then probably buy all the recommended products.

This is one of the greatest places on the big series of tubes we call the internets.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:50 pm

Mark, Peter has changed the site a bit during your absence. In order to view the For Sale and Wanted threads, you will need to Log In (link under Utilities in the left frame):

To search the archives, you need to go to the Main section (link under Sites in the left frame):

and then click on the Search link on that page:

and scroll down in the frame on the right to get to the archives search:

Now, wasn't that easy?

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:40 am

Thanks Gary for the excellent demonstration. It's easy because it was so well presented!

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:42 am

Yes, but Gary can just hop in the TARDIS.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:51 pm

"Time Won't Let Me"!

admin · Post by **admin** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:37 am

"Never On A Sunday."

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:45 am

But I've got "Friday On My Mind"!

admin · Post by **admin** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:07 am

"Chug-A-Lug."

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:19 pm

Heh. The fumes are getting to us again!

My friend is really happy with the Maas stuff. he said it did the trick without requiring much effort and now his PRS metal is all shiny.

FYI: I'm such a geek that I know what TARDIS stands for. I don't know if that should make me happy or sad. I choose happy.

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:35 pm

Go for it Mark.

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:10 pm

Time And Relative Dimensions In Space.

I hope that gem of knowledge may be useful to someone else sometime.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:10 pm

I think that "somewhere" would have been appropriate at the end of that sentence, Mark!

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:05 am

Right. I bet it would help someone out in a "nerd fight" on Telos in 2048, throwing into an argument with the Cybermen about the relative strengths of the Daleks or the Sontarans. (Did anybody else wonder if the Sontarans tasted like potatoes? And if you could actually get pepper out of a Dalek, would it be really good pepper that you could use on a cooked Sontaran?)

Whoa, I need to go find a pocket protector and some polyester pants.