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Post by tubachick11 on Feb 27, 2009 22:35:33 GMT -5
Uhg. I haven't actually ever cleaned my mouthpiece, but I'm sick of the calcium deposites. What should I use to clean it? Just soap and water? How hot of water?
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Post by the_sousabone on Feb 28, 2009 12:24:30 GMT -5
You can use hot water. OR you can put it in a cup and fill the cup with A) Lemon Juice (my preferred) or B) Mouthwash.
The Lemon Juice will do the job better, but your mouthpiece will taste like lemons for a little while.
The mouthwash isn't quite as good, still does the job, but you have to wash your mouthpiece very thoroughly in water after that because any mouthwash left on it will turn sticky.
If you choose to do that, soke them for 1/2 hour to an hour, then take them out and rinse them in running water (hot or cold, doesn't matter).
Good to go.
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Post by tubachick11 on Feb 28, 2009 13:24:18 GMT -5
How much lemoeard that trickn juice is enough? I've never heard that trick, but it sounds really good, due to the cleaning power of lemons.  |
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Post by altoclarinets on Feb 28, 2009 16:11:03 GMT -5
Listerine works for clarinet mouthpiece too. If u use it, get the extra strength kind, otherwise there is more sugar than disinfectant.
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Post by stickshifty on Feb 28, 2009 16:26:01 GMT -5
I just scrub with mouthpiece using a mouthpiece brush under hot water, then boil.
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Post by the_sousabone on Mar 1, 2009 0:04:45 GMT -5
How much lemoeard that trickn juice is enough? I've never heard that trick, but it sounds really good, due to the cleaning power of lemons. Put the mouthpiece in the cup, then fill the juic down the shank. pour it most of the way up the outside of the mouthpiece. This way the lemon juice cleans the shank. |
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Post by tubachick11 on Mar 1, 2009 3:27:59 GMT -5
Oh, that makes sense. Now to go out and buy lemon juice. Thanks. |
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Post by tubachick11 on Mar 4, 2009 11:49:13 GMT -5
Wait, you put your mouthpiece in a pot on the stove top boiling?
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Post by stickshifty on Mar 4, 2009 14:51:41 GMT -5
^ Yep. Put the water in the pot, boil, then drop the mouthpiece in and leave it in for a few minutes. 100% sterilized afterwards and pretty shiny too.
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Post by the_sousabone on Mar 4, 2009 15:40:18 GMT -5
^ also works. lol I've done that with some mouthpieces that I've found in cases.
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Post by tubachick11 on Mar 4, 2009 19:58:10 GMT -5
What I did today was soaked it in lemon juice for thirty minutes then boiled some water, took it off the burner and soaked it to sterylize it and to get rid of the lemony taste.
It's my new audition/competition ritual. It got me a one at Solo and Ensemble when I thought I got a three, so I'm now turning it into my overly superstious routine.
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Post by bandgeek101 on Mar 4, 2009 22:53:04 GMT -5
Use hot water and use a scraper or fingernail to scrape the scum off. This is how I always do mine. Be prepared to see some nasty stuff you had your mouth on.
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Post by tubachick11 on Mar 5, 2009 0:37:55 GMT -5
Mine wasn't too bad. I'm kind of shocked...
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