| You should be able to find information about the care of valves on this board.Read the thread Terribly sticky valves and you will get a real good education.
Basically soak the horn and snake it out when you first get it and use only pro oil during the break in.Repeat often.Pro oil is a blended synthetic oil and works best with tight tolerance valves.(I found this out the hard way)
Its going to seem like it takes forever to break the valves in but 2 or three months isn't that long when your talking about the life of the instrument.
For slide grease I use some of the slickest stuff know to man.Its called Kleen bore tw25b.It is a high tech lubricant used on high quality firearms.Stuff makes your slides smooth like butter.
Ill yield to the experts here on the finish issue. |