Nickie
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Would a can of pressurized air be acceptable for this? Would not an air compressor be too much pressure?
Removing cobwebs and dust, inside the uke
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CeeJay
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Nah just pop a small piece of paper with a demand for rent and arrears of rent in the sound hole.
The spider 'll soon bugger off.
peewee
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or try putting a quarter cup of rice in there. Tape up the hole with some blue painter tape (test it first if you're worried about finish damage) and shake it baby, shake it!
peewee
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Raw uncooked dry rice, of course...
my mother gave me a soft "fuzzy" duster it is a stick and what looks like a combination of wool and cotton candy on the end. it not only helps dust under and between the strings it also fits into the sound hole. (My mother is a compulsive cleaner) The can of air shouldn't be too much, it will knock the webs down but they will stay in there and will probably get smashed to tight spaces.
Moore Bettah Ukuleles
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I shoot compressed air into and on my ukes while building and afterwards
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But what if the incumbent and resident spider is a tarantula ?
She may get all a bit defensive about your digits....ouch..
'course I may not be being entirely helpful. Still,that's consistency for you.
Rllink
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I hadn't thought of that, but it is true. But how hard do we have to make this? It is cobwebs. I mean, blow in the hole. Stick a finger in there. How do you get cobwebs out of anything? But in defense of Nicki, she wasn't asking how to get them out, was she? That was the rest of us.
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Rllink
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Nice one CeeJay. I was editing that post and lost the whole thing while you were quoting it. I should have just waited to re-post.
Pencils were made for people who are afraid of getting bit by a spider while cleaning cobwebs out of the inside of ukuleles.
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Nice one CeeJay. I was editing that post and lost the whole thing while you were quoting it. I should have just waited to re-post.
Also for putting up your nose with your underpants on your head and going "Wibble"
Wibble
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coolkayaker1
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This is the tried and true method. It's the best, by far. Yes, PeeWee.
Note: cooking and eating the dusty, webby rice is purely optional and will not improve the uke's cleanliness at all. It might clean your colon, however.
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Inksplosive AL
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An air compressor could/should have a regulator to set the pressure coming out the nozzle.
Pukulele Pete
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Seems to me , with such a small sound hole , the compressed air would just move stuff around . From everything I've read , and trying it myself, I would use the dry uncooked
rice method. The rice rubbing against the wood helps in the cleaning. I had no problem getting all the rice out.
rice method. The rice rubbing against the wood helps in the cleaning. I had no problem getting all the rice out.
coolkayaker1
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Do tell: did you then eat the rice?
Moore Bettah Ukuleles
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I use 100 to 120 pounds of pressure. It dislodges all the dust and dirt inside the uke and blows it out the same hole. If your uke can't stand this it's probably not worth having anyway. Just saying.
macfish
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I like that! Blow it out your hole - comes in handy in any number of circumstances.
strumsilly
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that's how I clean em.
stevepetergal
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If you've got spider webs, you could build a little fire inside the ukulele. It won't hurt the spider, but the smoke makes 'em mad as hell.
But, if you go with the compressed air and if this is a vintage ukulele, avoid blowing directly at the label if you want it to survive. Brittle paper can break apart very easily.
But, if you go with the compressed air and if this is a vintage ukulele, avoid blowing directly at the label if you want it to survive. Brittle paper can break apart very easily.
