PoorMan Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 (edited) First time working with black hardware--in this case a black StewMac fixed bridge...W is this stuff? Looks hazy and I need to clean and polish it up. Is is paint? Is it powdercoating? Is it something I don't even know about? What is it? Edited March 12, 2006 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarGuy Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Don't polish it! If you do you run the risk of taking too much off. Its really thin, almost paint-like. you'll see it alot on cheaper hardware. You can rub it down a bit with a soft cloth and it'll take the haze off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorMan Posted March 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Nope, cloth rub did nothing. Tried auto glaze (the most gentle of auto polishes) on the bottom of the plate. Like GuitarGuy said, it removed the black quickly and didn't make it look any better. I don't know what this stuff is! Powdercoating would be more durable (heck I think paint would be too) but paint would respond much better to polish. What the hizzy?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Nope, cloth rub did nothing. Tried auto glaze (the most gentle of auto polishes) on the bottom of the plate. Like GuitarGuy said, it removed the black quickly and didn't make it look any better. I don't know what this stuff is! Powdercoating would be more durable (heck I think paint would be too) but paint would respond much better to polish. What the hizzy?!?!?! i can't tell you what it is but almost every piece of black hardware i order is the same. i've had luck cleaning it off with a soft rag and some naptha or a dremmel tool with a clean buffing pad. my guess is that it's just something invented to irritate us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) I got a cloudy-as-s**t hardtail here right now and am stumped. Will try rubbing it down, but I doubt it will work. Hell, you buy cheaper hardware, you get what you pay for I suppose. Edited March 12, 2006 by neocon58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 I got a cloudy-as-s**t hardtail here right now and am stumped. Will try rubbing it down, but I doubt it will work. Hell, you buy cheaper hardware, you get what you pay for I suppose. it's not just cheap hardware..i've had the same thing on schaller bridges, nearly everything i get from allparts and the tacos i got last night..ok, i made up the part about the tacos..but it really is very common..just clean it with a little naptha or goofoff and it's fine underneath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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