Posted by Doug Whitten on April 16, 2003 at 09:59:40:
In Reply to: morons and their vegetable oil posted by js on April 16, 2003 at 07:28:52:
In a past life I was a bicycle mechanic and saw the same phenomena on bicycle chains and other moving parts. To clean nasty "canola" chains I would soak it in Pedros (Brand name) orange degreaser for about 20 minutes... always worked. However, I realize it is more difficult to soak a valve set than bike parts. I would stay away from chemicals as harsh as paint stripper. Try giving the instrument a bath in warm (not hot enough to damage the lacquer)dish soap like palmolive for a half hour or so the go after it with the citrus degreaser. By the way, there are dumb people everywhere.