Cleaning my Lacquer Tuba?????

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:42 pm

Works for me!!!

TubaSteve · Post by **TubaSteve** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:13 pm

Pledge works great! (In the interest of disclosure, I am a chemical worker at S.C. Johnson Wax, and I actually make Lemon Pledge, so I do have an interest in it). That said, I also use "Jubilee Kitchen Wax" on my horns. We also make it, but it is much harder to find. It has a higher wax content, but both work great and will protect the finish as well as remove salt from fingerprints ect. If you do a lot of gigs that the temp is of the sweltering variety, you can leave a lot of salt water on your horn from sweating. I have used it on my Meinl Weston since 89 and the finish still looks like new.

Steve

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:18 pm

In the interest of equal time, I suspect that the following fizzy cans are probably just fine too:

<img src="http://www.scottsliquidgold.com/files/p ... -lemon.jpg"> <img src="http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/ ... 186332.jpg">

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:21 pm

Taking this the other way - has anyone used anything on lacquer which has had a bad result which should be avoided?

pulseczar · Post by **pulseczar** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:24 pm

Denatured alcohol is deadly on the old nitrocellulose lacquer.

How 'bout Meguiars? Has anybody tried that?

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:29 pm

Neptune wrote:Taking this the other way - has anyone used anything on lacquer which has had a bad result which should be avoided?

Methylene chloride.

TubaSteve · Post by **TubaSteve** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:45 pm

Chuck(G) wrote:In the interest of equal time, I suspect that the following fizzy cans are probably just fine too:

<img src="http://www.scottsliquidgold.com/files/p ... -lemon.jpg"> <img src="http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/ ... 186332.jpg">

Boo!!!Hissssss!!! That's the competition there. In reality, I had at one time suggested to marketing that they actually throw some promos of Pledge or Jubilee in music stores, trade mags, etc. I would go so far as to pass out a few cases to band directors to pass out to the brass players as there is a whole additional area of demand that is not fully utilized.

Steve