Techs, is it unethical to clean your horn at work?

[Elow]

Ive always just brought in some of my horns that i buy that haven’t been cleaned for decades and thought it was cool. No one every stopped me and questioned me and i thought because i did it on my lunch brake that it was fine, but one of the techs that i work with soldered on a brace for me recently and said that i should clean it “under the radar”. So is it wrong to i guess take advantage of where you work? They charge $175-200 for an ultrasonic clean and i make minimum wage so that’s like a weeks worth of work for me. Every since he said that i’ve been uneasy, i’m not really a person that takes risks and i hate the possibility of me getting in trouble.

[Kingfan]

You may have been off the clock, but you were using shop equipment and materials.

[sacfxdx]

Ask your boss if it is ok. He may give you a reduced rate if it’s not totally free.

[JohnL]

Ask your boss if it is ok. He may give you a reduced rate if it’s not totally free.

[BGuttman]

Also, make sure you tell him it's a personal horn and not you trying to make extra money on the side stealing business from him.

[Elow]

I asked him and forgot to update this. He said one horn a month is fine.