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                        <title>RE: Cleaning strings</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/cleaning-strings/#post-94940</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I like to boil mine somewhat longer than 15 minutes and then they go very well with a Putanesca sauce.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I like to boil mine somewhat longer than 15 minutes and then they go very well with a Putanesca sauce.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>greybeard</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Cleaning strings</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/cleaning-strings/#post-94939</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I once read that Eddie Van Halen boiled his strings to change the tone. It supposedly took the brightness out of new strings and gave him more of a â€œbrownâ€ sound. But I have never heard ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I once read that Eddie Van Halen boiled his strings to change the tone. It supposedly took the brightness out of new strings and gave him more of a â€œbrownâ€ sound. But I have never heard of boiling them clean.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Cleaning strings</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t know boiling guitar strings, but for bass strings it works very well. What you do is put them in a pot of water with some vinegar, and boil them for 15 minutes. This effectively gets...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I don't know boiling guitar strings, but for bass strings it works very well. What you do is put them in a pot of water with some vinegar, and boil them for 15 minutes. This effectively gets most of the dirt out from between the windings and makes them sound almost new. It really works!!!]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Cleaning strings</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/cleaning-strings/#post-94651</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I just wipe them down with a cloth , in the book I&#039;m studying it says to boil them!!!!!!!! :(   Never tried that!, but also in the book it says to never wash your fretting hand, because it m...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I just wipe them down with a cloth , in the book I'm studying it says to boil them!!!!!!!! :(   Never tried that!, but also in the book it says to never wash your fretting hand, because it might get soft. :cry:]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Cleaning strings</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/cleaning-strings/#post-94602</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[You can and you can also use lighter fluid. Avoid getting any on the fretboard.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[You can and you can also use lighter fluid. Avoid getting any on the fretboard.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>greybeard</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Cleaning strings</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi all,I read somewhere that it was best to clean your strings with meths....is this true?? Any other advice on what to clean your strings with will be a great help :wink: thanksAlex]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi all,<br>I read somewhere that it was best to clean your strings with meths....is this true?? Any other advice on what to clean your strings with will be a great help :wink: <br><br>thanks<br>Alex]]></content:encoded>
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