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Used trumpet has some kind of rusting under the keys
I think its rust or some type of reaction from acid? its moldy looking . Its not a lot. Is there anything I can do or purchase (I'm a poor college student who doesn't have rich parents) to change that appearance?
Christine Marie SchmidtN/A - Moscow, Idaho
2006
Try hot 5% citric acid ⇦ this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] solution,before treatment a it with acetone ⇦ this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] Warning! highly Flammable! . After treatment rinse it well and dry with paper towels. Good luck!
Goran Budija- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2006
Moldy looking... green color? I presume your trumpet is brass, this is probably just a little corrosion. Use the search engine on this sight and you can find countless letters on how to clean up brass - they basically breakdown to using some lacquer remover followed by Brasso
⇦ this on
eBay
or
Amazon [affil links] followed by re-applying the lacquer (although the last step can be skipped).
Good luck!
Compton, California, USA
2006
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