How do I clean a trumpet?
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You can use the valve oil and grease. You can occasionally run warm soapy water through it (being sure to rinse it all out). Do not dry it with anything abrasive. Most trumpet metal is very easily scraped. Please note :Paper towels are abrasive.
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To remove scratchplate from a fender Precision.\n\nhave a cloth handy to put over the bass body to prevent scratches from the electrics.\n\n1. Remove the strings.\n2. Take off volume and tone knobs. this is easier whilst the scratchplate is still on the bass.\n3. unscrew the screws around the edge of the scratchplate.\n4. CAREFULLY lift scratchplate - electrics will come up with the scratchplate. REMEMBER that there is an earth lead connecting electrics to the bridge. DO NOT BREAK THIS WIRE or the Bass will hum when you play it. Put cloth over body and lay electrics down on it.\n5. release pickups from scratchplate\n6.undo rings holding volume and tone potentiometers to the scratchplate.\n\nScratchplate should now be loose and can be put to one side.\n\nThen to fit new scratchplate, reverse the process.\n\n7. feed volume and tone pot spindles through holes in new scratchplate. Put on rings.\n8. feed pickups through holes in scratchplate and attach.\n9. lift scratchplate, pull out cloth and fit electrics into body caverty. Ensure all wires are in the caverty,and the scratchplate fits properly to the body.\n10. replace scratchplate screws .\n11. replace volume and tone knobs\n12. restring and tune up\n13  Rock on!
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soak it in hydrogen peroxide overnight then rinse it off with water before the next time you put it in your mouth
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yes, you should keep the door open for a while and clean it often or leave a piece of dry charcol for an hour.\ntry this recipe i just tried it is GREAT it cleans like magic and leaves the microwave smelling good too\n1 Cup water \n1 Fresh lemon sliced \n  \n1. Boil a cup of water with lemon slices in your dirty microwave for 20 seconds.   \n2. This will loosen the hardened food particles inside and your microwave will look brand NEW!
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I've used Hydrogen peroxide for a while with great success.  Just let it sit for a while.  It'll sound kinda funny, all bubbling in your ear, but it works really really well, then flush it with warm water.\n-Duo
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To get a note on a trumpet or on any brass instrument you actually have to 'buzz' into the mouthpiece.  You have to press your lips together with your lip muscles (emboucher) and different amounts of pressure result in different pitches of sound.  If you just blow into a trumpet you will get no sound at all except a whish of moving air.\n\nThe valves direct the sound into longer and shorter lengths of tube further differentiating the sound.  Its the combination of valve positions and lip pressure that give a wide variety of sounds.  \n\nA military bugle has no valves at all so it can't get a full range of notes but it can still make several different sounds.
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There is a free to use software named EasyCleaner. You can find it at http://www.toniarts.com It will solve this and many more problems of yours.\n\nBest of Luck!
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pretreat with laundry detergent and a scrubber and Oxyclean,then wash it with oxyclean/regular wash!
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wipe it with a clean cloth, or use compress air
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Dip Q-tips in rubbing alcohol and clean out your ears with them. The reason why you do this is because you need to break the surface tension of the water stuck in your ears, and rubbing alcohol contains properties capable of doing so.
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Try using a metal brush.
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Dissolve salt in vinegar.  To clean copper wipe on with a cloth.  To clean brass, submerge the brass piece in a bath of salt and vinegar.  There is an electric reaction where the ions of sodium from the salt displaces the copper/ brass.  Do not allow to dry on. \n...or to clean copper pans, use ketchup and let set for awhile then rinse off.\n...or soak in Worcestershire sauce.\n...or dip half a lemon in kosher salt and rub well. Then polish with a soft cloth and beeswax for a deep, lasting copper shine.
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you can use white vinegar or wet baking soda.\n\njust put enough vinegar or wet baking soda on the soiled area and let stand for a couple of seconds. it works for me.
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Rub some baby oil on it and massage it till it's clean
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If it bothers you get some specialist ear plugs and you will not get water into your ears. If it is just a minor irritation then use a cotton handkerchief and using your little finger push it int your ear. If it finds water it will soak into the handkerchief. Handkerchief must be clean as you could introduce an infection into your ear. Do not use a tissue as pieces can break off and get lodged in your ear. Cotton buds are not a good idea either as you are likely to poke them down too far and do some damaged. What I do is leave it and it disperses.
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put a little bit of water in it and wait for few minutes, then you use very soft sponge with soap to clean.
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Very carefully with tweezers.  Make sure you clean them with alcohol or peroxide.  The tweers will pull it right out.