If you have a quite new horn, lacquered or unlacquered, it is wise to clean fingerprints awayanytime you might have time to do it, even during a concert, just quickly between the pieces. There will not be any rubbing necessary, if you clean the fingerprints away that often. But what cloth to use ? I said it & repeated it manytimes:
The micro fibre household cloth, which comes in double packs & which is available in most supermarkets for about 3.- USD / double pack. You can use it for your spectacles, any glasses, any sensitive surface. You do not need any cleaner liquid. Give it a try. It works perfectly. But as happen too often, nobody will believe me. But you should see my horns. They all look like new after many years in use. ============================================================ ============================================================ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Trude Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 7:45 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: lacquer I doubt that using a clean (soft) cloth to wipe away handprints etc. after each day is something that damages the laquer. I've used various cleaners through the years when washing my horn(s), but I've only washed my new horn once with a cleaner nobody else has problems with (as far as I know). I did not wash the bell since it is detachable and I didn't want to damage it in a very small washing space. The laquer is already falling of under my hands, both on the bell and the rest of the horn, so I think the cleaner isn't the problem. -Trude On 26/12/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In a message dated 12/23/2007 5:45:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I'm having troubles with laquered horns, the laquer simply falls of > after a few months despite my careful cleaning, leaving a brand new > horn quite ugly after a year of use. when I bought a new horn this > spring I tried to get it without laquer, but it cost more (!) than > the laquered horn, so I could not aford it. How/where can I get the > laquer removed? Can that process damage the instrument? Is it > expencive? > > > > -- > Trude, > > I would wonder how you are cleaning your horn? It's just a guess, but > if the lacquer falls off after a few months, you are likely using the > wrong cleaner. > > Stripping a horn is not usually expensive, but it can be. It involves > caustic chemicals, which don't damage the metal if done properly. > (Although they > may damage the person stripping the horn.) Some lacquers resist such > chemicals and then the stripping involves extra labor. > > Dave Weiner > Brass Arts Unlimited > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop0003000000 0004) > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/trude.johanse n%40gmail. > com > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
