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RE: Cleaning Mouthpiece Question

Author: Henry
Date: 2002-12-04 20:44

Nick: Without making a judgment on whether ammonia is a proper cleaning agent for mpcs, it is certainly not going to dissolve the mouthpiece material. Plastics and rubbers are NOT even remotely similar to fats. Even if they were, I don't believe that ammonia DISSOLVES fats. Ammonia COULD hydrolyze fats, i.e, the fats could be converted into glycerine and (insoluble) fatty acids, but I don't think that is an issue here at all. Perhaps some mild, dilute and warm (not hot) dishwashing liquid would do an adequate job and/or a dilute hydrogen peroxide solution.
Henry

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