Author: pewd
Date: 2007-01-29 16:53
fwiw,
i use murphy's oil soap on an old toothbrush. scrub it good, inside and out, then rinse with room temp tap water. if the posts are covered with corrosion, i scrub them with metal polish first, then rinse in tap water, then do the murhy's oil bit. then swab out with a cotton swab, wrap it up in a cotton cloth to dry the outside. pipe cleaner in the post holes to get the water out, light key oil on the springs, post holes, and any post set screw heads.
then i oil the bore with the doctor's products bore oil and let it sit overnight. if the oil is all adsorbed, i repeat the bore oil process for another day.
instruments like this i usually strip off the tenon cork first, as that usually needs replacing as well.
i haven't managed to crack one or rust up the metal parts yet.
others have different processes. YMMV.
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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