Author: SchlockRod
Date: 2012-10-21 13:32
As OP I'm free to follow off-topic red herrings, right?:-)
That said, I believe rubbing "compound" is a paste-like product that is used to rub out, say, paint jobs on cars, and I assume we're talking isopropyl rubbing alcohol here, right? In which case, I would strongly caution against use of rubbing compound. It contains abrasives and who knows what toxic compounds, and Dutch Rush has been shown to be far more suitable for adjusting reeds.
I suppose the pure isopropyl alcohol would surpass the typical 4% solution of hydrogen peroxide in germ-killing power. But that says nothing about the potential damaging effects of either on (a) the player or (b) his reed, be it cane, polymer, fiber-reinforced matrix, etc. We need a chemist...
Therefore I recommend as a happy medium regular use of 86-proof (43%) Scotch, since it has been conclusively shown to have valuable health benefits for players, their playing, and their reeds. But avoid the 80-proof varieties which proliferate so these days.
"Pristine, perfect. One of the great livers of our time. Awash in Dewars and full of health."
- Paul Desmond, describing his liver, after it got a clean bill of health, the bad news being that he had incurable lung cancer*
* This was before Dewar's began watering down their Scotch to 80-proof.
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