Tuba Polish?

[jdltuba]

Hello all,

I've got a silver B&S PT15 tuba that is getting pretty dirty. I was looking in to polishing it up a bit and was curious if any of you had a suggestion as to what brand of polish works best or is best to use on the horn.

Thanks!

- Joe

[Jesse Brook]

At my workplace, which is a repair shop, we use Flitz with a microfibre cloth. Not the bubbly one, but the flannel-y one. Then we make sure to use q lot of water from a spray bottle while we polish, and we try not to scrub too hard at any one area. Light and fast, that's the key. For the tight bits, we cut strips off and hand-rag with those as well.

[thevillagetuba]

Don't waist your money on polish. Go to your local music store (or amazon) and spend like 7 bucks on a Blitz Metal Care cloth. One side will help clean off the tarnish and the other will shine up the silver finish. I use these and, with a little patience and elbow grease, have made horns that looked incredibly used look like new.