Matthewlawson3 wrote:facet wrote:The dark spot is pitting from the corrosion.Matthewlawson3 wrote:..I noticed after wiping the spot that there is a little dark spot where the green was. ...
I have some Wright's brass polish, but have yet to use it on my whistles mostly because once you put it on and rinse some of it will get inside the whistle and I am unsure how to make sure it's all out of there before I play as I assume it can be hazardous to one's health. Just run a cloth through it?
I'm very cautious with the Sindt D.
I have ordered a brass polishing cloth. Can I try that before moving on to the liquid?
I'm still learning all of this.
You can certainly try the brass polishing cloth. The other things like salt and vinegar did not work for me for the verdigis, though they do ok on tarnish. The polish was on the advice of Jon Sindt so I think it is safe. We do want to deal with corrosion before it becomes pitting. The advice of a piece of t shirt on a string is perfect. You actually do not mind getting a bit of polish and rinsing water inside, as it is brass in there too! As long as you have the instrument apart a good housecleaning of any bore gunk can't hurt.
You want to take the head off anyway, so you will have a nice opening both ends.
Now if your head gets stuck on the tube I can explain the great advice I got from him some years ago, involving painters tape, a LARGE metal washer, a pipe nipple and gravity...