I recently got hired at a school that does not clean their instruments. Today I took it upon myself to clean a bass clarinet and a really really gross bari sax.
The bass clarinet has some kind of green corrosion(oxidization) and some cloudy spots which I think are due to water. The bari sax has the same problem, but probably times 100. All the instruments are lacquered, some silver some gold. I really want to get that green grime off and polish the instruments as much as I can but I don't want to use just some random polish in fear that I might remove the lacquer or damage the instruments. What are some recommendations to get rid of it?
The bass clarinet has some kind of green corrosion(oxidization) and some cloudy spots which I think are due to water. The bari sax has the same problem, but probably times 100. All the instruments are lacquered, some silver some gold. I really want to get that green grime off and polish the instruments as much as I can but I don't want to use just some random polish in fear that I might remove the lacquer or damage the instruments. What are some recommendations to get rid of it?