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You've earned the dust. Play on!
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A lot of it depends on where you live. My wife grew up on a farm south of Palmer, Alaska, where the prevailing winds blow fine glacial silt off the banks and sandbars of the Knik and Matanuska Rivers (both glacier-fed rivers) and everything gets coated in a fine grey dust that was ground to a powder by the glaciers. She and everyone she knew up there had to store their drinking glasses upside down so they wouldn't get the dust in them.
She still stores drinking glasses upside down, even though we don't have the same problem where we live, butted up against Bear Mountain in Chugiak. So the OP here might be in a somewhat similar situation. There are plenty of regions where dust accumulates quickly, especially west of the Mississippi River. Wade Hampton Miller |
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Uh oh! I just finished my first year so I have to start working on my dissertation now haha. But I try to practice every day at least for half an hour or something. I use it as my "self-care" (I don't know if they stressed that where you went but they love that term here haha). It relieves a lot of stress.
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Wouldn't it be better to use a damp cloth and not spread the dust around?
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You could do that... My favorite wipe cloths are large squares of white 100% cotton from T shirts...
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It just occurred to me how lucky I am. No acids in my fingertips,
house humidity 45-50% year round, no dust, all guitars in stands 24/7. Life is good.
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I have the same issue as my guitars hang on the wall. I use a soft bristle paint brush to clear the dust from time to time. Much less frequently, I wipe them down with a dampened soft cloth (the ones that Taylor sells). after brushing off the dust.
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Just wipe it off and play. It's not really hurting anything.
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You say "Life is good and you leave your guitars in stands 24/7? Can't be that good! lol
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Same here. From soft T-shirts. I use microfiber on the strings.
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I keep a clean 1-inch natural fiber paint brush for dusting. It takes less than 30 seconds to remove the dust.
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Take care of your instrument. It brings you joy.
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