Posted by Todd on February 07, 2001 at 10:14:09:
In Reply to: STP/silver dilemma posted by Tim Jackson on February 06, 2001 at 22:56:42:
I don't know if this is a "duh" sort of thing, but try pushing all of the slides in after you are done greasing them. Then, with a soft cloth, wipe around the slides, where the 2 tubes meet. That will remove the extra grease. I suppose you could use something else at that point to cut the grease if you are really having a problem. Then after you know it is free of gunk, attack your tuba with a jar of Haggerty Silver foam. The stuff looks like chocolate pudding in a jar. It works wonders! After you have rinsed off the Haggerty stuff and dried it off, you can do a high buff job with the polish cloth.
Just my $0.02 :)
Oh...and Tim..Thanks for the email regarding the 56J. I can't wait to try one!!!!
Todd Morgan