Posted by Klaus on July 08, 2001 at 06:48:12:
In Reply to: Cleaning a silver-frosted B & H? posted by Bill Schultz on July 08, 2001 at 03:30:36:
Silver frosted instrument are a bit tricky to polish. The plating on the "peaks" tends to wear off fastly.
Having 40+ brasses with 15+ being silver/gold plated or bare brass, my ambitions of shine have gone down the drains.
To diminish the darkness of your B&H tuba, you might apply my trick: Wipe theh instrument with a soft cotton cloth soaked in valve oil. Do remember the afterwipe! Aftershave might work, but I use tech alcohol.
Klaus