Klarinet Archive - Posting 000367.txt from 2010/09

From: Fred <vze2bsbs@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vinegar turns mpc green
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:32:25 -0400

I never had the guts to put my MP into anything because I was always
afraid the chemical would soften and possibly distort the rubber
itself. As a result I live with the deposits.

At 01:28 PM 9/12/2010, you wrote:
>On Sep 12, 2010, at 10:52, "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net> wrote:
>
> > Do you know what your C85 is made of? I'd have
> > assumed it was some kind of rubber, but I don't really know what Selmer was
> > using in the late 1990s. The white deposits have always come off of my
> > mouthpieces easily with vinegar, and I've never turned a mouthpiece green.
> >
> >
>My 1995 C85 is hard rubber. I've given it quite a few 5 minute soaks
>in straight white vinegar with no discernible effects other than a
>loosening and/or removal of deposits.
>
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