Stripping lacquer off of trigger paddle
- BigBadandBass
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Hey all, so question for you all. I have acidic sweat and it's eats through lacquer like crazy, nowadays I've gotten around it by cleaning my horn after every time I play it. But before that I didn't really care/notice what my sweat was doing to my horn, leading to the stripping of the lacquer on the paddle. Now I just wanna tear the band-aid off and get the rest off, do y'all have any ideas for what I should use, I imagine it doesn't need it be that strong considering my sweat already did all this in about a years time, I was thinking maybe citristrip, thoughts?
- Elow
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How much do you like that paddle? Sure you could strip it, or you get a cooler paddle. You could try citristrip, and if that doesn’t work try aircraft stripper. Or i would just buff it to hell.
- Bonearzt
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Some 0000 steel wool would take care of that quickly.
You could coat with acrylic nail polish afterwards.
You could coat with acrylic nail polish afterwards.
- WGWTR180
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[quote="Bonearzt"]Some 0000 steel wool would take care of that quickly.
You could coat with acrylic nail polish afterwards.[/quote]
I would go this route as opposed to the other more aggressive and needless suggestion.
You could coat with acrylic nail polish afterwards.[/quote]
I would go this route as opposed to the other more aggressive and needless suggestion.
- BGuttman
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If you don't really care how it looks (after all, it's behind your thumb all the time), just put the nail polish or a piece of tape on it now.
- tbonesullivan
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If your sweat is that acidic, it'll probably eat right into the brass. I would consider cleaning it and putting something invincible on it like polyurethane.
- hornbuilder
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You could have the paddle stripped, buffed and plated with nickel or chrome. Those 2 options would last much better than any paint type of finish.
- elmsandr
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Clean it off and have your favorite quarter soldered on.
Cheers,
Andy
Cheers,
Andy
- hornbuilder
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Andrew wins!! That is a GREAT idea!!
- Amconk
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[quote="hornbuilder"]Andrew wins!! That is a GREAT idea!![/quote]
I agree! I did that a few months back!<ATTACHMENT filename="D130BB42-C1B2-4AA4-AE30-3BE7F1C45A04.jpeg" index="0">[attachment=0]D130BB42-C1B2-4AA4-AE30-3BE7F1C45A04.jpeg</ATTACHMENT>
I agree! I did that a few months back!<ATTACHMENT filename="D130BB42-C1B2-4AA4-AE30-3BE7F1C45A04.jpeg" index="0">
- spencercarran
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If your sweat is that acidic you may want to invest in leather guards for other contact points. My old teacher's palm sweat burned a hole clean through the outer tube of his Edwards.
- BigBadandBass
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[quote="spencercarran"]If your sweat is that acidic you may want to invest in leather guards for other contact points. My old teacher's palm sweat burned a hole clean through the outer tube of his Edwards.[/quote]
I looked into it but none look like they'll fit my horn with its hand brace (MS27), nowadays I just religiously wipe down the horn and wash my hands before every practice sesh
I looked into it but none look like they'll fit my horn with its hand brace (MS27), nowadays I just religiously wipe down the horn and wash my hands before every practice sesh