Posted by Mark Heter on November 16, 2003 at 23:50:58:
In Reply to: Re: Re: cleaning tuning slides posted by Bert on November 14, 2003 at 19:11:55:
What, your horn doesn't leak enough for you? Clean the old grease off with dtergent (Dawn is great), and maybe polish them up a little with a mildy abrasive polish like Noxon.
Iznay on the steel wool and sandpaper - you'll remove metal, and cause leaks.
If the slides don't move to your liking, have a competent repairman adjust them so they do. The sticking may not be in the slide tubes, but in the alignment.
I suggest you may not want to acquire this new skill on the only horn you may own.