How To Clean Tarnished Silver Flute

Keeping your flute clean and minimising the development of tarnish is a constant process and players vary enormously in their dedication to doing this.

How to clean tarnished silver flute. This polish also prevents tarnishing in the future without damaging your flute s exterior or leaving smudge prints and oil residue. Never bring your flute close to water. Use your dominant hand to rub a silver polishing cloth back and forth over the piece using gentle even strokes. Here s how to polish silver with this common condiment. Squirt a small amount on a paper towel and rub gently over the tarnished areas.

How to remove flute tarnish. Some people never clean their flute and at the other end of the spectrum some people clean it all the time. It is because of this that we make an optional quoted charge for removing tarnish. Rub a few stripes of the candle wax onto the joint on the headjoint then wipe off strongly with a rag. The abrasive particles in the toothpaste will rub off the thin silver or gold plating.

Stop after your remove all fingerprints and smudges and the metal surfaces look evenly shiny. To clean a tarnished flute start by rubbing down the flute with a silver polishing cloth and then use an anti tarnish silver polish with a microfiber cloth to rub the area until the tarnish slowly disappears. Using water wil ruin the flute pads. Now rub a few stripes onto the headjoint joint again and put your flute together. Most mouthwashes are flavoured which if not cleaned well will leave a sticky residue.

Polish each piece of the flute with a silver polishing cloth. Pick up 1 piece of the flute and hold it in your non dominant hand. If your silver is tarnished ketchup can help.