What's your favourite NUT LUBE ?

[Len Biglin]

Hi everyone , just wondered what you all favour to lube nuts on electrics and acoustic guitars ?

[harrison phipps]

I agree with Paul, a properly made nut needs no lubing.  Cut the slot the proper size with a round file. Angle the slot so the string makes contact across the entire thickness of the nut and does not exit the nut at a sharp angle towards the tuners.

Well made slots make for happy nuts.

[Robbie Collins]

That may work for steel-strings but electrics with whammy bars...especially Floyd Roses...need every tweak known to man to stay in tune.

[harrison phipps]

Floyd Roses have locking nuts that prevent the string from moving, these should never be lubricated.

[Robbie Collins]

I was thinking more of those awful Speedloaders where the brass bullets at the string ends weld themselves to the nut slots.

[LARRY KLOSE]

Ken Miller, a great builder in Florida, suggests using a little rubbing compound on string, pulling through each slot.  He pointed out that some nut materials, particularly pearl, develop a rough surface at the microscopic level when worked with files.  Works for me!

Also, as someone mentioned, perfect alignment is a must.  My mandolin had a couple of slots with a very gentle S curve through the nut, and...sticking.  Once that was straightened out, no problem.

Larry