Drummers! Get in here!
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I've been looking around and a lot of people seem to like that stuff, but i've seen some cases where it has destroyed the finish on the user's cymbal... That may just be the user buggering up though
Thanks, will look at this too
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Went to The Box in Crewe tonight to watch an ACDC tribute band (Dirty DC) and I saw 2 drummers in there who have decades of experience.
They suggested brown sauce & vinegar.
They suggested brown sauce & vinegar.
Strange, but I guess it would work! However I think I will stick to a cymbal cleaner at first so I know what im doing and don't kill my cymbals with vinegar
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Strange, but I guess it would work! However I think I will stick to a cymbal cleaner at first so I know what im doing and don't kill my cymbals with vinegar
They said if I didn't fancy that then the best off the shelf alternative they came across was 'something' John (sorry forgot the whole product name)
Was it Crazy Johns? (as mentioned above)
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It must have been.
I'd had a drink and thought it was St John
One of them is very well respected in our area and every time he comes to one of our gigs I ask him to tune our drums and our drummer doesn't have a problem with it.
In fact all local drummers respect his knowledge and if he recommends Crazy Johns or vinegar/brown sauce then I would take that to the bank.
A couple of tips for when you polish cymbals with Crazy Johns:
- Clean the cymbals with new (fresh) jay cloths. I have tried various different types of cloths over the years and find jay cloths do a good job and are cheap. However, be prepared that you will go through quite a few of them. The black residue you get off the cymbals will make them very dirty so when that happens, just throw it away and get a new one. I tend to cut them into half with scissors.
- Buy some washable gloves. You will get a lot of black grime off the cymbals that will rub off onto the cloths and eventually onto your fingers and hands. I tend to wash and dry the gloves in the middle of the cymbal cleaning session so the gloves don't make my nicely polished cymbals dirty again.
- Apply the solution onto the cymbal with a cloth. Don't, for example, just apply a squirt to the cymbal directly otherwise you will find that area will get extra shiny and you will find yourself constantly polishing and repolishing the rest of the cymbal so it all matches.
- I tend to start off by coating the whole cymbal with a light coating of Crazy Johns and getting a fresh cloth and rubbing like crazy. Once I have cleaned the solution off the cymbal, I tend to do the same again but focus on particular areas if there is stubborn grime.
- I usually plan to spend 30 - 45 mins on a cymbal, depending on how bad it is. As mentioned before, I only clean my cymbals once every few years.
I hope that helps.
- Clean the cymbals with new (fresh) jay cloths. I have tried various different types of cloths over the years and find jay cloths do a good job and are cheap. However, be prepared that you will go through quite a few of them. The black residue you get off the cymbals will make them very dirty so when that happens, just throw it away and get a new one. I tend to cut them into half with scissors.
- Buy some washable gloves. You will get a lot of black grime off the cymbals that will rub off onto the cloths and eventually onto your fingers and hands. I tend to wash and dry the gloves in the middle of the cymbal cleaning session so the gloves don't make my nicely polished cymbals dirty again.
- Apply the solution onto the cymbal with a cloth. Don't, for example, just apply a squirt to the cymbal directly otherwise you will find that area will get extra shiny and you will find yourself constantly polishing and repolishing the rest of the cymbal so it all matches.
- I tend to start off by coating the whole cymbal with a light coating of Crazy Johns and getting a fresh cloth and rubbing like crazy. Once I have cleaned the solution off the cymbal, I tend to do the same again but focus on particular areas if there is stubborn grime.
- I usually plan to spend 30 - 45 mins on a cymbal, depending on how bad it is. As mentioned before, I only clean my cymbals once every few years.
I hope that helps.