The difference in the US between regular alcohol and denatured alcohol is that reg alcohol is 76% which won't really be effective as an adhesive remover/solvent.
Denatured is 91%, really effective solvent w/out being industrial.
The percentage of H2O leftover will not rust the strings.
Take the strings off the bass when using denatured 91% alcohol.
[quote="Bocete":3ur2x7ms]I've bought a microfiber cloth, cleaning the bass after playing it. I also started bringing a towel to rehersals, I've noticed my hands get very sweaty so I clean them between songs. The strings are still clean

As for the denatured alcohol - I've got a bottle of some industrial-looking alcohol, but it says "raffinated ethanol". I'm not sure raffinated is the same as denatured, but what do I know. Also it's 96% whatever, so if the other 4% is water the strings will rust. Will they?
Anyhoo, where can I buy something I'm sure to be denatured alcohol? A paint store, I guess? I'm not sure how "denatured" translates to Serbian (i.e. couldn't google it

) so I'm not sure I'd get the right kind of alcohol if I went to the wrong place to look.
Thanks.[/quote:3ur2x7ms]