Dear wise guys.
What would - or woulden´t - You do to clean up old dirty Cymbals?
I just found some early `70 Paiste cymbals wich are - mildly spoken - very dirty.
How would You suggest That I clean them up?
- Hope it´s OK to use this forum, when it´s after all is a restorring questian.
- Yours Carsten M
I'd leave them the way they are. I kind of feel that dirt and use add character to the cymbal and maybe a change in sound. I have cleaned cymbals before and it seems that it's too much work to keep them up, but as I said my opinion. Also if you ever plan on selling them, some collectors actually prefer them uncleaned. And then there is the final story of drummers back in the early days used to bury there cymbals in dirt to age and get more character.
For what it's worth,
Backbeatkeeper
I like mine clean. I use "Groove Juice" a non abrasive liquid...just spray it on and rinse it off.
Jack
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Thank´s guys, I´ll go for the Groove Juice (fancy name), hope I can find it over here in DK...:-)
- How about those cymbal cleaning products from Paiste, Zildjan, Sabian and others; are they worth a try?
Most of them are abrasive!
Jack
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does the groove juice make them shine or just clean them? I like my cymbals to shine.
Groove Juice is very harsh and will probably remove logo's. It does clean them but doesn't give them a shine. If you really want that mirror shine or want to bring an old cymbal back use some ***lers rouge and a Dremmel tool with a felt buffing wheel. It takes time and you will go through a ton of buffing felts but it really works.
Paiste are treated to clean nicely...if U do it
regularly. Trick Drum and Hardware cleaner
works well for sweat and blood.
Otherwise, while slightly abrasive ( shake well )
their house brand works great. Like washing dishes.
Groove Juice is ok but indeed, removes logos and
leaves a dull finish. On really old and dirty it just spots
and IMHO is a first step.
If you are bent on reflecting light, a can of Buckaroo
is the ticket. Nothing new here, it takes hours and a stack
of rags. Get crazy on the pressure and you will
remove metal.
That's a Death Cab for collector's.
over polishing and buffing will change the sound of your cymbal....be careful that you don't end up with a shiney cymbal that no longer sounds like the one you bought...........
