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
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Tue Aug 16 12:55:42 CDT 2005
Is there anything wrong with flushing valves with drug store alcohol?
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