Bath----soap

XtremeEuph · Post by **XtremeEuph** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:12 am

I am just curious to know what soap you guys use to bath your horns. thats right, your horns, not necessarily your Underarms. I hear the Dawn original unscented is good but i literally cant find any So I intend to use Ivory Dish soap....(any problems with that?)

Most importantly I would like to know is how much soap you use and your methods of rinsing/drying the horn/ cleaning pistons.

Thanks

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:37 am

I use the cheapest dish soap FoodLion has . It works just as well as the more costly stuff .

As far as drying the horn goes . Get some microfiber towels .
Sound familiar ?

ASTuba · Post by **ASTuba** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:49 am

I usually buy Palmolive Lavendar and Ylang Ylang Soap for 2 reasons:

1) It softens my hands as I'm doing my 106,354,681 chem clean.

2) It says anti-stress formula on it (although my results aren't 100% accurate)

Any commercial dish soap would work just fine.

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:43 pm

If you mean the inside of the horn: I use a bunch of the cheap -- $5 for 16 fl. oz. from giardinelli -- valve oil. After playing, get the water out of the slides and use a trombone sprayer to spray three sprays in each side of every slide, and three sprays into the lead pipe. The horn will stay clean and free of corrosion. If you have piston valves, the felts might whine about all that oil; but rotors don't mind it at all.

Daniel8802 · Post by **Daniel8802** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:15 pm

When I had my YEP-201, I just used regular palm olive dish soap and a brillow cloth for my slides - teachers recommendation. However, since, I got my YEP-842S euph, I haven't given it a bath since I'm a little scared lol! This is the same horn XtremeEuph has.

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:09 am

Since I get into the tub with my tuba, I prefer to select something that will make both of us smell nice.

fifthnotules · Post by **fifthnotules** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:08 pm

I would NOT use Ajax. I used it on my stripped horn and it turned it black. It was an awful episode. I had to get brasso and buff like crazy to get it looking like a tuba again. I did use the Ajax on a sliver plated horn just before then and there was no discoloration. Just things to keep in mind.

XtremeEuph · Post by **XtremeEuph** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:05 pm

Yes, My horn is silverplated................................does that change any of your answers?

Daniel8802 · Post by **Daniel8802** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:21 pm

fifthnotules wrote:I would NOT use Ajax. I used it on my stripped horn and it turned it black. It was an awful episode. I had to get brasso and buff like crazy to get it looking like a tuba again. keep in mind.

Also keep in mind to use that stuff in a well ventilated area!!! I know from experience lol

XtremeEuph · Post by **XtremeEuph** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:50 pm

If you say to dry ( I believe Ive asked this before but cant remember) with a "microfibre" cloth Tommy, how do you get to all those nooks and crannies?

dwerden · Post by **dwerden** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:55 pm

I use whatever liquid dish soap we have in the kitchen, but it may be possible that higher-priced stuff would leave less residue. I have written about my technique for cleaning the horn here:

http://www.dwerden.com/talk/forum/messa ... readid=202

When the horn is clean inside, you might consider using polish on some of the moving parts to make them smooth to operate. Here are my thoughts on that:

http://www.dwerden.com/talk/forum/messa ... hreadid=44

There are also several tips here on polishing the horn's finish when you get done cleaning it (assuming it is silver). I have offered my thoughts on polishing techniques and polishes that help prevent tarnish from returning:

http://www.dwerden.com/talk/forum/messa ... hreadid=45