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I'm tempted to clean up the magnets in these pickups. They're Alnico 8 type. Someone suggested using an eraser on them which didn't work. I don't fancy taking them apart or using anything drastic; I actually rather like the 'mojo' but open to any suggestions if there's something worth trying?

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[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1476722015' post='3156653']
I was recommend to use a glass-fibre eraser - I bought one from Maplins but haven't tried it yet!
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Let me know how it goes if you do. I'm going to keep an eye out for an ink rubber at work on Weds...

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WD40 should clean those up nicely... or lighter fluid, or a little big of brasso on a rag. Don't be tempted to use anything like wirewool as you'll never get the metal debris away from the magnets.

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I'll take a picture of some I did recently. I used one of the craft glass-fibre pens. It took a lot of rubbing down to get the poles shiny but worked in the end. Then to protect the poles from future damage, I applied clear nail varnish giving them a glassy finish. Finally I treated each set to new pickup covers. They looked really great!

A month later I took them out and replaced them with EMGs... lol..

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Thanks chaps. I've tried nabbing a proper type rubber from work but nobody seems to have one. I think I'll try one of those pencils Dood. Is it easy to avoid scratches with one of those? I assume it's not too abrasive in the sense like sandpaper or wire wool (shudder) would be?

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Well I just tried scrunched up tin foil on a match head and it's done a fair job of brightening up the dullest ones. Looking a bit cleaner now. I may try a fibre pen at some point but I don't think it'll get much better and I definitely don't want to scratch the covers so perhaps I'll leave it there.

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