How to make strings rust slower

[kokz]

Will strings rust slower if I put it in a air-con room, a room with the fan on, or just a room without the air-con or fan on?

 

[dudelove]

put in inside the case

 

[daryl]

use a timemachine yo

 

[HarrisonYeo]

wash u're hands before u play , clean the strings after u play . store in case.

 

[Dale]

use fastfret. thats the best invention i've ever used on my guitar strings man. the string wont rust even if its out of the case, in whatever room. just wipe the string with the cloth after playing, and then rub the fastfret on the strings. works wonders.

 

[kokz]

use fastfret. thats the best invention i've ever used on my guitar strings man. the string wont rust even if its out of the case, in whatever room. just wipe the string with the cloth after playing, and then rub the fastfret on the strings. works wonders.

Really?Where do you buy it?

 

[Dale]

davis sells them. but the other guitar shops around davis sells them cheaper. i dont know whats the name of the shop. haha

 

[sepultura]

DR stringlife does the job for me - available at Davis and many other stores.

 

[subversion]

use fastfret. thats the best invention i've ever used on my guitar strings man.

good to know it works for you. the FF is a sorry product i ever used for my guitar. i guess we have our different resources in this light.

the most fundamental thing that we often omit after playing is the effort to simply wipe down the strings.

 

[pianomankris]

all of the above are great suggestions

another one is putting silica gel in your guitar case

the little packs of silica gel you get when you buy shoes are ideal. just put 3 or 4 of those into your case, and they attract any moisture, rather than the moisture going to the strings.


RE wiping down the strings - you could even try just plain old toilet paper (I hope that's the word that is used in Singapore!). This may work better than fastfret, since it is not a moisture-based product, and you are only wiping 'dry', as it were.

I used to use fast fret, and it's great with new strings, but as soon as one bit of rust appears on the strings, it becomes pretty much useless, and makes the strings very hard to play on. I think the moisture in fastfret must somehow aid the rusting process.


So that's my suggestions - clean strings with toilet paper, and keep some silica gel in your case.

hope that helps.

 

[KDY]

You may want to consider using long lasting coated strings like elixirs

 

[re_unknown]

^ But even Elixirs meet with guitarists who apply fastfret before every play. Like one we always know.

 

[ryancrl]

Put it back into your hardcase.

Elixir strings are good too.

 

[farhanians]

hmm for your very first question

its in an aircon room.. as it dehumidfies the air becos of its condenser inside it..UNLESS you turn humidfy ON.

hmm.. for fast fret.. is that true about make rust faster? when rust started.
hmm guess it it.

 

[subversion]

hmm.. for fast fret.. is that true about make rust faster? when rust started.
hmm guess it it.

you might have misunderstood this. what he meant was that, when strings start to rust, using fast fret is futile.

 

[Hydrofly]

I change my strings regularly, thats all, it's not just the lustre that matters, it's the timbre, somehow, after extended exposure to air and moisture, the string may not tarnish, the tone however, is adversely affected.

 

[hamison]

you know you have to wipe your guitar strings once after you use fastfret?
it does slow the process of rusting down but obviously strings have to rust sooner or later

well best suggestion is, keep your hands clean while playing and wipe strings after use and keep it in your case

as well as change your strings from time to time

 

[Sunderring]

keep your room air-tight and water-free.

 

[sf1102]

keep your room air-tight and water-free.

Won't that suffocate you to death??

I don't really use fast fret or anything. I just wipe my strings clean of any sweat and everything else and put it back into the case after every time I play. Regular strings can last for months like this, if you use coated string they'll probably break before showing any signs of rust at all haha

 

[Liquidribs]

use dunlop string conditioner man.. it's string oil . helps