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Water softener and soaking drum parts?

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Yep PB blaster is great stuff. Old Ford guy here too. LOL.

Glenn.

Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Posted on 11 years ago
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I've soaked parts in apple cider vinegar for 24 hours and it works. All the rust came off nicely. Good luck!

Posted on 11 years ago
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It is generally not harmful to mix salts in a water softener, but there are types of softeners that are designed for specific water softening products. When using alternative products, these softeners will not function well.When the water softening does not take place it could also indicate softener malfunction, or a problem with the salt that is applied.

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Posted on 11 years ago
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J!m - I've used CLR before and had some pretty good results removing rust from with washers and other small hardware. I havent tried it on anything large though. The best results I've had though, have been with Dawn soap and water.

James

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one most adaptable to change.” - Charles Darwin
Posted on 11 years ago
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Really? The Dawn soap removed more rust that a CLR soak? I find that amazing.

I have my screws and washers from my D-20 soaking in CLR now. I have a bench buffer too so I could polish the screw heads (but you never see them with coated heads).

I have to get some felt for inside the lugs and then the 12" tom should be done today (except the rim mount as it has not arrived yet).

Cobalt Blue Yamaha Recording Custom 20b-22b-8-10-12-13-15-16f-18f
Red Ripple '70's Yamaha D-20 20b-12-14f
Piano Black Yamaha Recording Custom Be-Bop kit 18b-10-14f
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Yamaha COS SDM5; Yamaha Cobalt Blue RC 5-1/2x14; Gretsch round badge WMP; 1972 Ludwig Acrolite; 1978 Ludwig Super Sensitive; Cobalt Blue one-off Montineri; Yamaha Musashi 6.5X13 Oak; cheap 3.5X13 brass piccolo
Posted on 11 years ago
#15
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About using CLR...

I have restored many vintage cornets and CLR is one of the standards of the trade. I soak all my horns in it mostly to clean the years of crud from the innards... so it's totally safe on brass and silver plate. I use it about 1:10 and reuse until I can't stand it any more. It doesn't remove much, if any tarnish 'though.

Mid 60's Rogers Pink Champagne Sparkle
late 50's Slingerland 5N kit being refinished
20's/30's Duplex kit
20's CONN kit
Vintage traps
Posted on 11 years ago
#16
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I did a thread here a few years ago with a side by side comparison and pictures of a Dawn soak and a Coke soak...

The Dawn and Coke both worked.... but it still takes some elbow grease to finish the job.

What I like about using Dawn (and the Coke) is that the MSDS doesn't read like its methyletholdeatholene.

Not a Guru... just interested..
Posted on 11 years ago
#17
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From J!m

Has anyone tried CLR for a soak of the metal parts? It does a hell-of-a-job on rust stains on porcelain and ceramic... I have a jug but have not tried it.In the past I used Mr. Clean (straight up) with excellent results, but on my D-20 I'm using Brasso (and finding the chrome is pitted pretty badly).:mad:

CLR works very well and won't harm chrome in my experience. Has to be rinsed well though.

60's Sonor Teardrops & 70s Premier AMs
Sabian
Vic Firth
Remo/Evans

"unless it's vintage, it's just another wooden tube."
Posted on 11 years ago
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