Unlacquered Euph?

[Tubadork]

hey,
Has anyone taken that lacquer off their euph?
If so, any trouble with green funk on their shirts or other issues I may not have considered?
Shanks,
B

[tylerferris1213]

I put a french horn leather wrap on mine where my left hand rests. My hand hasn't turned green from playing it in 4 years!

[ufonium2]

Bloke, do you know what causes some lacquer to check/craze? I have a Benge trombone from the early 90s that is pretty uniformly crazed, and while it doesn't bother me, I'm worried that if I ever try to sell it a buyer would recoil in horror thinking it is red rot or something, and I'd like to be able to explain what it is.

[ufonium2]

Borodi quotes $300 strip/polish/lacquer a trombone w/F-attachment (epoxy lacquer).
Of course, it depends on the model whether it's "worth it".
As an example, if it's a Benge model 165 (a good-playing trombone, but...), they just don't bring that much $$$ in the second-hand market.

It's a 190f and a fabulous player, but I wouldn't have it relaxquered because I'm pretty sure the type of buyer who cares about the appearance wouldn't be shopping for a Benge anyway, with all the sexy new trombones out there.