How do you clean a acoustic guitar?

Answer 1

For the body you should buy a glo-cloth that you can buy at any music store. They also make guitar polish that when used with the cloth, is excellent. They make separate glo-cloths for silver and gold hardware. For the strings you can get Dunlop 65 string polish to clean them up and extend their life. For the fretboard use lemon oil to keep it moist.

Answer 2

The best way to clean your guitar is to wipe it down carefully with a warm, damp cloth. Then wipe down your guitar and strings with a soft, dry cloth before storing to remove harmful skin oils. Do not use any solvents or products containing silicone.

Answer 3

I take it you mean your volume and tone controllers, as these are enclosed should not need cleaning if they sound dirty when adjusting vol/tone, you will need switch/contact cleaner and anaeroduster, these are aerosol based and come with a fine plastic tube that fits into the nozzle, unplug your guitar, access the back of the tone/vol pot and spray the aeroduster into the pot and try the guitar to see if this has cleared the problem, if not then unplug, and use the switch/contact cleaner spray, spray into the pot and turn the controller at the same time, then use the aeroduster again and try the guitar to see if it has cleared the problem. If the problem persists then the controller may be damaged and need changing. (Aeroduster is an aerosol that is pressurised and used to blow dust off circuit boards etc.)

Answer 4

Remove the strings and use a mild wood cleaner. I use Murphys Oil Soap. If needed, you can use a scrubby dish sponge on the fretboard to remove any caked on hand-cheese.

If any of the tuning mechanisms are particularly stiff, you can lubricate them with some good 3-in-one oil. I generally don't recommend this unless they are very very stiff, as you don't really want them to turn too freely.

Once you're finished, give the fretboard and the bridge a good coat of lemon oil and put on some new strings.

It's also not a bad idea to apply lemon oil between cleanings to keep the wood nice and healthy.

Answer 5

You shouldn't clean any electrical equipment with anything wet. A damp cloth will do the trick, provided you don't plug in the article until you're certain it's completely dry.

Answer 6

Soft clean slightly damp cloth. Then buff with a dry cloth.