Preventing/removing rust from the bridge?

[Hei]

hi guys, quick 1 here.
how do you guys remove or prevent dust on the guitar's bridge? i think mine is getting quite bad because i've not been maintaining them...

i heard about using steel wool on them, but will it scrape part of the metal out too? sorry for asking, thanks!

 

[Nicholasim]

Hi, I recommend using wd40, spray it on a q-tip or cotton wool and rub it on. I tried it personally on my Floyd rose bridge and it cleared up well. First hand experience.

I also tried brasso which worked but I think brasso might be more damaging, not sure.

Steel wool I have only tried on my frets. Worked good, but for fret I prefer using brasso.

I don't recommend using steel wool, it won't leave scratches if u use the 0000. HOWEVER BE WARNED that when u using steel wool, there will be power like flakes of the steel wool that comes off, and That shit is dam annoying, I got it on my lap and tried to sweep it away. I think it was so fine that it got into my skin, I had rashes after that on that area. I didn't know what to do, I used a vacuum cleaner and vacuum the shit out of my skin LOL, after that I used a super strong magnet an try to remove all the powder flakes. Luckily it worked, I actually saw little silver dots on the magnet.

So I highly do not recommend using steel wool. Especially without proper education on how to use it

 

[relinquish69]

what guitar is that? lubricating it is fine but try not to polish up. you never know if there is a protective finish around the part. some guitars like Epiphone have TOM bridges that have a layer of finish that flakes off. It is a very apparent problem on Ibanez trems.

for polishing metal, brasso is still the preferred choice.