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 Re: Oxidized hard rubber
Author: bwilber 
Date:   2006-08-14 01:29

No, it was plastic and I can assure you that to an untrained eye, it is almost impossible to tell the difference unless you look very closely. I have taken clarinets that have terrible finishes and turned them into works of art, at least I think so. To my family, they all look like "clarinets" but to me they are all beautiful.

Years ago I bought some paint remover called Mister Chem because I saw it being demonstrated at a mall and a person didn't need rubber gloves when using it and it was supposed to remove paint and varnish It didn't work very well on removing paint but does take off varnish really well. I have gotten wood clarinets really cheap that have been varnished and the varnish is in terrible condition and using the Mister Chem and very fine steel wool turned them into beautiful clarinets again. I refinished a wood clarinet last week where somebody had sanded it across the grain in several places and it was a real mess and using the fine steel wool and some elbow grease, you can't tell the difference from that and a new one. After I take the varnish off and "sand" it with the steel wool, I wash them, dry them well, oil them, wipe the oil off and then buff, buff, buff with a dry cotton cloth. It's amazing what you can do with something that most people would look at and think is worthless. I fall in love with every one of them and I have over 20. Am I sick or do other people love clarinets as much as I do? Bonnie

Bonnie Wilber
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