Polishing Tubas

[MaryAnn]

I find that ultrasound cleaning of raw brass does most of the job. Amazing difference in how it looks, with no work on your part.

[Tabor]

Hey Wade, have you ever tried that Flitz instant tarnish remover before breaking out the polish on very tarnished stuff? I haven't tried it, but the videos look interesting. Looks like you need to have water ready to spray it off near-immediately.

[scottw]

I use Cape Cod polishing cloths. Very little hard work [tedious, though], it smells like vanilla and won't eat your hands when it gets on you. Washes up with soap nicely. I've used this for years.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cape-Cod-Pol ... 3=&veh=sem" target="_blank

[Dan Schultz]

Don't need a new polish, folks. Simichrome is the best I have ever tried, bar none, and I have used many, many metal polishes over the past four decades....

+1

Do any shops use 'Bright Dip' anymore? I've never had it in my shop simply because I vow to keep my chemistry as simple as possible.

[MaryAnn]

I have used Maas on my unlacquered brass horn....

[The Big Ben]

I am talking about a decade plus of patina on raw brass. It took me eight hours and three tubes of Simichrome to make it look sort of buffed. Hard work. Ugh...

That there is some manly polishing. Have a beer and a brats.

[opus37]

It is a rainy day so I embarked on cleaning and polishing my Martin tuba. It needs a yearly internal flushing and the tarnish on the silver finish. So, I silver polish it, wash it with windex, and then polish with car wax. It took a while, but the result was something to be proud of.

[Mark]

I just heard about this thread from my friend, Emily Litella and had to respond.

Elephant, if you don't like Polish tubas, buy a German tuba.

[opus37]

I have a 1927 Conn Eb over here that I was planning on polishing up, and then look into selling it. It has 90 years of tarnish on the satin silver, but the spots I have cleaned look nice.

Every day I try to work up the motivation to Polish it, but yet, it's still not polished. Maybe I should sell it as is

I don't think you will get much more from a tuba player is it is shined up. Old Eb's don't seen to be selling for high prices now. Although Lee Stofer has plans to restore several more unique examples.