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Author: contragirl
Date: 2000-09-20 16:47
Well, there would be condensation dripping off of my AC, so I could tell it was humid in my room. I live in MAryland, the temperature hasn't been too bad lately, so it's not that bad anymore. The little brown spots on my lig. can be scratched off, but it is so fragile and minutely designed that I don't know how to clean it. Should I buy a new one or can a repair shop clean it?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-09-20 17:14
contragirl wrote:
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Should I buy a new one or can a repair shop clean it?
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You could always take it to your local jewelry shop and have them clean it in their ultrasonic cleaner. I've never done it, but I'll bet it'd work fine - and I know in my area most places will do it for free.
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Author: mark weinstein
Date: 2000-09-20 22:03
I don't know which ligature we are talking about here. But I have used Hagerty's Silver Polish (which you can buy at any grocery store for $3.95 for a BIG bottle) very successfully on silver or chrome plated ligatures. Bay, Bonade, Buffet, Selmer, & others. Hagerty's is fairly non-abrasive (I am somewhat distrusting even if i can't see or feel it) :>) Try cleaning a very small area with a white cotton cloth, like an old. clean t-shirt. I cut them up into squares & use 'em til they are thrown away. We need seem to run out! <grin> Good luck.
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Author: Willie
Date: 2000-09-21 00:38
If you have water that bad in the system, the school maintainance folks need to be notified as it can also be a health problem. Either the evaporator pans aren't draining or the condensers are too small for the system. Regardless its going to breed molds (such as Legionairs Disease) that can effect the health of everyone who has to breath that air.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2000-09-21 01:20
There is a relative humidity diameter. It is expensive to buy for yourself, but if someone can lend it you should measure the humidity of the specific place you put your case. You should measure also the temperature there.
According to dumpit instruction, less than 40%RH is too dry,60%RH is ideal. (RH=Relative Humidity). Whether the measured humidity and temperature gives condensation can be technically calculated refering to some kind of chart(Some one can calculate this here in BBS, I am sure.)
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Author: mark weinstein
Date: 2000-09-21 06:18
Hiroshi, sometimes I think Dampit, as a company, really likes humidity! :>) IMO, the 60% may be great for wood, but it could be tough on reeds! I'm sorry but they almost seem, at times, like a bar trying to serve salty popcorn with that 1st beer!
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Author: beejay
Date: 2000-09-21 13:05
To Mark,
I'm very leery of using silver polish on my clarinet. As I said in a previous posting, I get very good results from dipping a Hagerty jewelry-cleaning cloth into distilled water until the water turns pale pink. The mixture gets rid of light tarnish and it seems to me that the abrasive effect is virtually nil. I got the idea from the instructions that came with the cloth, which recommended moistening it to shift stubborn tarnish. I figured that extreme dilution would probably work on lighter discoloration, which proved to be the case. I'd be interested to know if anyone thinks I'm doing anything wrong.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-09-21 18:28
Re: humidity, for those who have been exposed to it only atmospherically, not technically via the thermodynamics of the water-air "system", prob. in physical chemistry. Sorry, I'm not trying to be smart, tho it may appear that way. The term "relative" means the percentage of water vapor, [moisture}, the air actually contains relative to saturation [100% RH] which is highly dependent upon the ambient temperature, since water boils at 100C, 212F at sea level. A warm and "humid" day is uncomfortable, right? Tech. books which give the actual water concentrations are known as steam tables, available [with much better science than mine] in "engineering handbooks" etc in libraries [if anyone is still interested]. Old folk do run on, on and on! "nuff said? Don
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Author: mark weinstein
Date: 2000-09-22 06:14
Hi, Beejay. I am certainly not a chemist. I have used the Hagerty's Silver Polish extensively on mouthpiece caps, old ligatures & some badly tarnished key work. Thus far, I have seen no ill effects from the polish. To me, its eems like less of a weapon in my hand than the abrasive polishing cloths, those yellow/blue ones. However, I have seen cloths used successfully, too. Problem is, no doubt, a combination of using an abrasive substance & then applying Mother Nature with our hands using the keywork a lot, causing the keywork to wear out before its time.
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