alcohol is very drying, and the stink is difficult to remove. To remove thick oil from sluggish valves I use UltraPure lamp oil - clear, unscented, 100% paraffin (kerosene) - from K-Mart, Wal-mart, etc. Put the oil in thru the leadpipe, and try to not let it flow into the valve slides - keep the slides pointed upward while moving the valve levers.
Be sure to re-oil the upper and lower valve bearings (the spindles), but not inside the rotor casing, or the valve slides. Jay Kosta Endwell NY amateur player -------------------------------------------------- whitacrehill at aol.com whitacrehill at aol.com Tue Aug 16 12:55:42 CDT 2005 Is there anything wrong with flushing valves with drug store alcohol? _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org