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 Re: Oxidized hard rubber
Author: Vytas 
Date:   2006-08-14 19:39

Gordon,

I was talking about "Clorox" or "ShopRight" brand you can buy in the US in the household section at the supermarket. This ready to use solutions was further diluted to about 75%-80% strength. Reaction on the blued springs was immediate and visible with your eyes. A slimy, dark colored substance formed around the springs in no time. This slimy stuff was eating springs in the way the rust would just many, many times faster. I did not take a chance and removed the clarinet (old HR Conn) after several minutes in the solution. The thinner springs were almost gone and I had to replace them.

On the HR mouthpieces the same solution attacked only affected area. When the affected area was 0.03mm deep it removed 0.03 mm of the affected material. If the colored compounds went deeper - more material was removed. I got the impression that this bleach solution was attacking only discolored HR and left alone the rest. I had two old Prohashka mouthpieces. One of them had bad case of discoloration, more than 0.05mm deep. After the treatment even the deeply engraved logo on the bottom completely disappeared. Good facing before the treatment was unusable afterwards. The perfectly smooth body surface before the treatment looked rough and terrible (with microscopic holes in it) after the treatment. The mouthpiece required a lot of work and polishing to make it presentable. The worst part was the logo. It was gone! And the no name mouthpiece is basically worthless if you tried to sell it. I did this many times on many mouthpieces until I got disgusted with all this messy and not very effective process.

I do understand that the strength of the solution and the timing is critical but I leave it to chemists. In my case it was not worthy of effort. There's a better way to do it.

What's your agenda and why you're trying to discredit my experience with bleach?


Vytas Krass
Professional clarinet technician
Custom clarinet mouthpiece maker
Former professional clarinet player
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