I have really sweaty hands and sometimes the sweat marks that my hands make on the flute won't come off with the the cloth, I was wondering if it was safe to use alcohol on a sterling silver flute?
THe flute itself is new, bought for less than 6 months, but my sweaty hands recently left wheat marks/finger marks all over the body of the flute, but i can't seem to rub it off.
Spit shine. Sounds gross, but I do that. I put a tiny glob of spit on my flute cloth, then rub in gently circles where there are marks. Works for me. =D And so far, it hasn't been harmful but why would it be? It's just spit. =]]
I don't see why not. I'm not saying to spit a loogie onto it. Just get the cloth damp enough to rub away the fingerprints. I mean, when you play, spit comes out of the keys anyway. And it's YOUR spit, so why does it matter?
it's not disgusting...but could potentially scare away a potential buyer when you look to sell your flute.
Also, isn't spit for dissolving food when you eat it? I know it destroyes bassoon reeds because of its digestive properties...so it may destroy a flute.
Re: CLeaning flute with alcholo? 00:20 on Monday, March 30, 2009
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"I mean, when you play, spit comes out of the keys anyway. And it's YOUR spit, so why does it matter?"
No, it is not spit that comes out of your keys, it is condensation. I don't know about you but I don't spit into my flute when I play. There will always be kids that think that they know every thing though and you can't change that. Why do I bother, I am just beating my head up against a wall.
The sweat from your fingers is producing tarnish on the frequently used areas of your flute which is more common than you think. Even licking your cleaning cloth (as someone suggested) wouldn't get tarnish off of anything and is considered quite gross by most standards today - think of it as those commercials/stories where the grandmother licks her finger to get the dirt off a child's face. If you're not using a treated cleaning/polishing cloth for your flute then it's useless to think of anything else aside from possibly investing in a treated cloth, putting a little polish on the tarnished spot and wiping off or taking the flute somewhere to be polished up. It is, however, pointless in my opinion (it happens to me as well) unless you put a piece of masking tape or something similar on the spots where it's tarnishing (on the tubing) to prevent it unless you want to wear gloves...
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