| Re: Sticky and bad valves after vinegar bath
Hey a couple thoughts here. First, be careful with the baking soda -- it is abrasive. I would make sure it is totally dissolved in the water, and I would NOT rub the horn while it is in the baking soda.
Also when you use vinegar, get the cheap white stuff from the store. Acetic acid. Not white wine vinegar, not balsamic or anything like that. Then you shouldn't have that 'slime' the other person was talking about. To make the desired vinegar solution you need to pay attention to the percent of vinegar in your bottle. I think it is usually 5% by volume. Which means it is 95% water.
Also, it seems like Brasso actually can take the lacquer off, if I remember right. Are you sure you want to use this? Maybe on valves only, I guess.
I used to clean my trumpet valves with the valve oil. Just a little on a rag, and rub the valve with it. Any black stuff would come off. I don't know if that was the way to do it, but I was young and stupid. :) |