The Steel Guitar Forum

Tom Cass would buff and polish the entire undercarraige of guitar to where it looked like new. If you take the entire guitar apart it may be worth doing this rathe than using solvents. Just a thought?

Take everything apart and boil in a solution of Simple Green and water, or Tide and water, but Tide is more likely to foam up over the top of the pot. You will be left with a grimy mess in the pot which will be relatively easy to clean because the pot is full of cleaner anyway.
Also works great for removing decades of paint from door hinges.

Trichloroethylene (TCE).....is this what you mean...not Don't use trichloethylone(not a chem cpd)......

The chemical compound trichloroethylene is a chlorinated hydrocarbon commonly used as an industrial solvent. It is a clear non-flammable liquid with a sweet smell.

Its IUPAC name is trichloroethene. In industry, it is informally referred to by the abbreviations TCE, Trike and tri, and it is sold under a variety of trade names. In addition to its industrial uses, trichloroethylene was used from about 1930 as a volatile anesthetic and analgesic in millions of patients, before its toxic properties were realized.


ALL CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS ARE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH AND SHOULD BE HANDLED AS SUCH.....
CH-Sr Chemist at a Paper mill

Thanks guy's for all this good help, it is"""WD40 on all of this not rust""" along with cigarette smoke and dust,Just wanted all of those guy's to see what it does to a Guitar and i have used most of chemicals listed. But as stated the lacquer thinner worked the best, But it can mess up a guitar if used on it while assembled but this one isn't so it worked best of all thanks hope someone got something from all this as the only real use I have found for WD40 is """it helps stop the pain of wasp stings""""it does the same to hinges and anything else that it gets on for sure. """"I do not like WD40"""it is NOT A LUBRICANT


TOMMY YOUNG
MAX-TONE MODIFICATIONS
WHEN YOUR GUITARS TONE HAS TO BE ITS VERY BEST

sillicon remover first and thinner after that.
JJ

Lacquer thinner.... I bought a MSA years ago that was in similar condition. Lacquer thinner worked great, just do not use it near open flames.

WD 40 is no good on a Steel. Use INOX.