A useful tuba-cleaning product

[Art Hovey]

I found this stuff at the Homey Depot. It is pretty good for removing old dried-up tape adhesive, and is excellent for removing old dried-up lubricants from tuning slides. It is also very good for softening and removing "lime" deposits from piston valves. It does not attack lacquer or anything else that I know of, such as plastic valve guides. The label does not list ingredients; maybe it is just lemon pledge in a new bottle. Any comments? -What do the rest of you use?



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[SplatterTone]

I've done some cleaning with Kaboom when hacking around on my wonder euph from India. It did a decent job of cutting through tarnish and crud.

[Chuck(G)]

The label does not list ingredients; maybe it is just lemon pledge in a new bottle. Any comments?

Pretty close guess, Art!

http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~jsmit ... EMOVER.htm

Mineral spirits and orange/lemon oil, basically.