Re: [HARP-L] Cleaning Harps

["Tom Muck" <tmuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is my ritual, which is not optimal but is fast and pretty thorough. I 
get a small container and put a little dishwasher soap in it. Dishwasher 
soap has bleach in it, which kills bacteria, but is something you want to 
rinse off thoroughly. I make the water hotter than I can touch and put my 
harps in for about 30 seconds. Then I use a toothbrush on them and rinse 
them thoroughly with hot hot water, and shake them off. (rubber gloves 
help.) By using the hot hot water, they dry in a matter of seconds. I've 
never had a problem with rusting or anything else, and they sound better 
then new harmonicas when finished. I wouldn't do this with a wood comb, 
though.

Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Vogtman" <will_vogtman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Greg Heumann" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [HARP-L] Cleaning Harps


> EVERCLEAR works great.  You can get it at your local liquor store.
>
>
> Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  >
>
> I occasionally use denture cleaner. I learned this here on HARP-L.
> Put all my harps in a shallow pan of warm water, drop in a bunch of
> blue fizzy tablets and let it bubble. I was impressed with the amount
> of, shall I say, "gunk" that got dislodged. You don't even have to
> disassemble the harps. Just tsake 'em out, rinse them, shake/blow
> dry. The combination of this and an ultrasonic cleaner would be
> tremendous, I think.
>
>
> > I picked up an ultrasonic cleaner on eBay (brand new for short
> > money) and I
> > use water (per instructions) and a little bit of mouthwash (for
> > that minty
> > fresh taste) and I'm very happy with the results. I can't believe
> > some of the
> > gunk that ends up in the cleaning pan.
> >
> > It's good for cleaning eye glasses, jewelry, false teeth, etc., too!!
> >
> > In a message dated 4/26/2007 3:54:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > Just wanted to know what everyone is using to clean out the combs.
> >
> > Some one said to use Windex, someone else said to use
> >
> > rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab. How about it?
> >
> > Harpo Mark
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