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Re: Thrift store find

Author: NOLA Ken
Date: 2019-06-24 21:10

One caution I want to pass on about cleaning hard rubber mouthpieces. I have several times used a few drops of Dawn Non-Concentrated dish detergent in about a half cup of cold water to wash out my hard rubber mouthpieces with great success. The Dawn Non-Centrated liquid has been known for years as mild enough to use to clean oil-covered wildlife. Recently, however, I unthinkingly grabbed the bottle of Dawn Ultra Platinum dish detergent my wife bought and used it to clean a newly-acquired vintage hard rubber alto clarinet mouthpiece. I was careful to use cold water, but much to my dismay the mpc started turning olive green after only a few seconds and despite my rinsing it off it was a good olive green in only a couple of minutes. There must be something in the Dawn Ultra Platinum detergent that is not on their low-priced Non-Concentrated product.

Dawn Non-Concentrated dish detergent - safe for hard rubber mouthpieces.

Dawn Ultra Platinum dish detergent - not safe for hard rubber mouthpieces unless you want it to match your olive drab fatigues or the olive in your martini.

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