bass string rust

[Clyde Hollinger]

Wim,

Really?  On each and every string??  I think you're joking.  That mouse must
surely have better aim than, um, well, than most men do.  And that's all I'm
saying about *that.*  I'd go with the corrosive cloth theory.

Regards, Clyde

Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 9/30/00 9:01:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> charly_tuner@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << Each and every
>  bass string, (from AO to the end of the first break only), were ENCRUSTED
>  with so much rust, that they literally would snap like pretzels. The rust
>  was present ONLY above the hitch pins, and before the bridge, exactly at the
>  point where the string cloth was interwoven. So it seems that, somehow, the
>  rust resulted in some way from this red cloth, which was dry as a bone, and
>  to the owner's knowledge, never wet, or exposed to water. Any guesses as to
>  what could have caused this deterioration? I'm wondering if there could have
>  been a chemical reaction caused by the cloth.
>
>  Terry Peterson >>
>
> A mouse ran accros the red felt, and the moisture from the urine attacked the
> strings. It is best to remove the flet, and clean the strings.
>
> Willem