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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?

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.

Some 0000 steel wool would take care of that quickly.

You could coat with acrylic nail polish afterwards.

Bonearzt wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:49 am Some 0000 steel wool would take care of that quickly.

You could coat with acrylic nail polish afterwards.

I would go this route as opposed to the other more aggressive and needless suggestion.

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.

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.

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.

Clean it off and have your favorite quarter soldered on.

Cheers,
Andy

Andrew wins!! That is a GREAT idea!!

hornbuilder wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:47 pm Andrew wins!! That is a GREAT idea!!

I agree! I did that a few months back!

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.

spencercarran wrote: ↑Sat Nov 28, 2020 2:49 pm 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.

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've often thought about using Plastidip (available in lots of colors). If you don't like it you can peel it off.

I'm suggesting the 'dip' kind, not the spray type.