Klarinet Archive - Posting 000006.txt from 1998/01

From: Detlef Kretschmer <detlef@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: Cleaning mouthpieces
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 11:24:45 -0500

>Hydrogen peroxide and alcohol are NOT cleaning agents. They are
>disinfectants. Now if you have allowed someone to use your mouthpiece,

Actually, iso-propanol (rubbing alcohol) is quite a good cleaning agent.
Cleaners for tape or magnetic disc drives and things like Windex use from
40 to 50 % iso-propyl alcohol, quite efficiently. At this low
concentration, it is unlikely to attack most plastics, however, don't let
anything soak in it, just to be safe.

Detlef Kretschmer
Dipl. Ing., DSc., Prof.
Dept. Mechanical Engineering
Laval University
Quebec, QC, Canada G1K 7P4

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