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It's like polishing silver. If you get a lot of "dirt" on the cloth it's actually taking the metal away.
Certainly wouldn't use brasso or anything abrasive.
Elixir Nanowebs last me four three-hour gigs, and even then I only change them as a precaution against breakages.
They've transformed my life tbh, I can chuck a just-gigged guitar back in its case and get it out a month later and it's like I just put it down.
I put my first set of Nanowebs on my Tele for a gig over three years ago and am still occasionally gigging and recording with the same set now.
But no matter how clean you keep your strings, if you play regularly, they will lose their tone and ability to stay in tune. Which is why I'm in awe .... and puzzlement...at folk who don't string change for years!
My strings definitely get acoustically duller over time, but they still sound fine to me when amplified - maybe the high gain stuff we tend to play helps that?
And I've never had tuning stability problems due to old strings either. I can get through a practise or gig with year-old strings without any problems - I still tend to check the tuning after every song, but hardly ever need to adjust anything.
I'm kinda horrified by stories of changing string once or twice a month - I find string changes quite stressful - I used to frequently break high-E's while fitting them - I'm much better now, but still get nervous whenever I do a change. And it must be hella expensive changing strings that frequently for multiple guitars
I don't bother buying other products to try and extend the life of them, they're cheap enough to swap regularly and I like the tone and feel of fresh strings. It's a security thing too, I know I'm not going to have a problem in the middle of a gig due to a knackered old string.