[Harp-L] How to Clean Tarnished Reed Plates

[Dane Paul]

Are use Flitz which is is food grade. (Don't drink it)
I put The plates in a Ziploc with the plates making sure there are covered by a film of the flitz and it works fairly well.
www.flitz.Com

Dane Paul

> On Mar 22, 2017, at 21:14, Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Is the harmonica noticeably out of tune, or does it play considerably worse?
> If not, I would just leave the reeds as they are.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 22, 2017, at 5:43 PM, Bob Marsolais <bob at xxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> I made the mistake of cleaning the reed plates from my Manji in an
>> ultrasonic cleaner using jewelry cleaner diluted weaker than the
>> instructions said to dilute.  The stainless steel reed plates are nice and
>> shiny but the reeds themselves are very tarnished.  Is there a safe way to
>> remove the tarnish without damaging them?  I've thought of using a very fine
>> abrasive like toothpaste and very carefully with little pressure brushing in
>> the direction of the reed away from the weld, but I imagine that's rather
>> risky.  Any thoughts?  Perhaps I'll just leave them like they are.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for your thoughts.
>> 
>> 
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