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Author: TJTG
Date: 2012-03-04 19:07
I'm curious why repair techs and others caution against getting oil on your pads?
I oil the bore, and even taken the time to disassemble and reassemble my instrument for cleaning.
With my cork and Valentino pads, is there any harm in letting oil touch the pads? Is this caution against bladder pads?
I haven't noticed any issues if it has come in contact.
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2012-03-04 19:14
Oil, and especially mineral oil, will cause most pads to deteriorate much sooner than normal in addition to making them sticky.
Can't speak for Valentino types but can't believe that oil wouldn't at least make them sticky.
Oiling bore etc is fine just protect the pads when doing it.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2012-03-04 19:25
As far as I know, oils on standard fishskin pads will only cause them to adhere slightly to the tone hole. You can clean this off with mild soap (dish washing liquid) and warm water, but have to go through the key removal drill and this is an unnecessary pain if you just don't over oil in the first place.
There are some synthetic pads that are made of a type of foam rubber (usually black in color) that will react badly to petroleum based oils (usually key oil) and basically begin to melt.
The key to bore oiling the usual way is to apply a thin coat at a time, always checking that the bore has become dry to the appearance. Once the thin coat remains on the surface, you can stop oiling. If done over time in this manner there should be no excess oil getting up into the tone hole or onto pads.
There is a deep soak method but that would be with ALL the hardware removed from the wood and you really have to know what you are doing.
...................Paul Aviles
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2012-03-04 19:34
Just toss your clarinet into the fryer. Hot oil wicks in faster than cold oil.
Just kidding, of course (before someone is actually trying that...duh).
Pads don't like liquids, in whatever form. A liquid between two flat surfaces will make them stick together (by sheer air pressure), and a liquid on a semipermeable membrane (like the sheep intestinals on pads) will work its way in, causing all kinds of funny effects on the other side of that membrane. You just don't want that.
The worst thing that happens to water is that it evaporates. Good for us. But when oil evaporates (or does so partly) it leaves a goo somewhere between axle grease and paraffin, either will cause a smacking noise when you operate a key, and ultimately will result in pad fatigue and premature tech appointments.
The accidental drop of oil on a pad is not the end of civilisation as we know it, just wipe it off, but I'd just avoid it as good as possible.
--
Ben
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