Cleaning guitars for COVID-19

Kittyfrisk

RaymondLin said:

Kittyfrisk said:

RaymondLin said:

Don't touch it for a few days, you could put it on a guitar stand and have it stand outside in the day and let UV its its job too.

Raymond bonny lad, if you did that in the UK someone would steal it or it would suffer terribly in the weather.
Today I had warm sunshine, light rain & sleet.
Sunlight is a great disinfectant as my old agriculture lecturers said,  but not in the average UK garden 

How about a flame-thrower then? nothing like a bit of relic-ing.

Always au naturel for me 

Sassafras

Wash it with soap and water for as long as it takes you to sing happy birthday.

Warblington

octatonic said:

Wait three days before opening it.

I'm having a guitar delivered and the company says you have to report damage/faults etc within 24 hours of receipt. I'm awaiting a response to extending this to 72 hours. I think a lot of guitar retailers have this in their terms and conditions.

hollywoodrox

Hey awesome idea , what about UV lamps ? How long would you have to wave a small uv lamp over the guitar , someone mentioned converting the counterfeit scanners for zapping virus on money 

RaymondLin

Warblington said:

octatonic said:

Wait three days before opening it.

I'm having a guitar delivered and the company says you have to report damage/faults etc within 24 hours of receipt. I'm awaiting a response to extending this to 72 hours. I think a lot of guitar retailers have this in their terms and conditions.

You can still touch it, just be sure to wash your hands thoroughly afterwards and change your clothes.

SunDevil

UV - the proper UV Germicidal lights cost north of £2k and require a full body suit to use, so I’m somewhat sceptical that the little hand-held jobs on ebay for £50 (note £15 about 3 weeks ago) are going to do jack - I’m sure there will more UV in sunlight  

MikeS

I'm enjoying this thread very much, so won't spoil it by giving you the correct answer, which would be a big tease anyway, as the product is unavailable everywhere just now, unless you do what I do for a job (and there's a few of us on here that do).

SunDevil

MikeS said:

I'm enjoying this thread very much, so won't spoil it by giving you the correct answer, which would be a big tease anyway, as the product is unavailable everywhere just now, unless you do what I do for a job (there's a few of us on here that do). I've been using the product for donkeys years to clean guitars I buy, and will continue to do so long after Covid 19 has been and gone. <tease> It begins with a T though

Edited - how is this helpful?

MikeS

^ You could try it, and tell us about the results

paulnb57

SunDevil said:

Bleach on Nitro? ..is that theory or based on hands-on experience?

Ive done it with no issues, you don’t need a lot of bleach to be effective, probably a tablespoonful in half a gallon of water, dip a cloth, wring, wipe the whole guitar over a couple of times, dry with a clean cloth, oil fretboard if necessary......

Sassafras

Guitar buying is a strange addiction.
Drug addicts risk getting sick if they DON't get their drugs.
We risk getting sick if we DO.