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    Hi,
    I have only ever dusted my drums, including the cymbals. And put a smidge of grease on my pedal.
    I've got a mix of some decent and some crappy cymbals and the logos on one of the worse ones has spread onto the others.I would like to clean them, but don't want to lose the logos on the best ones
    Help!
    I am not sure what to use.
    Bridie

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bridie View Post
    Hi,
    I have only ever dusted my drums, including the cymbals. And put a smidge of grease on my pedal.
    I've got a mix of some decent and some crappy cymbals and the logos on one of the worse ones has spread onto the others.I would like to clean them, but don't want to lose the logos on the best ones
    Help!
    I am not sure what to use.
    Bridie
    Lemon, lime or grapefruit does it.

    Last edited by Olimpass; 08-11-2016 at 11:19 AM.

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    I personally do the lime trick.

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    or vinegar.

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    Try a mild dish soap and warm water mix first. If you use Paiste cymbals, avoid any type of lemon or lime juice concoction as this strips the factory coating and leaves the surfaces splotchy. Ask me how I know!

    Best of luck.

    Rich
    DW drums and Paiste cymbals.

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    ^ouch never thought of that.

    See I also don't like brilliant finished cymbals.
    I should mention all my cymbals are non brilliant finish.

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    Bar keepers friend. Tape over the logos
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    -Mike

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    Do they have BarKeepers Friend in the UK?
    Stolen from EddieV:
    Boom, ching, boom boom ching, fuggadugga fuggadugga fuggadugga crash. Rinse, Repeat ad-nauseum.

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    Come on Mark. You steal copy. Just look at your signature.
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    Nothing says 'tough' like a drummer with ducklings on his drums. Ha!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Markadiddle View Post
    Do they have BarKeepers Friend in the UK?
    Hi, no I don't think we do, by lemon juice do you mean cut a lemon in half and rub it on the cymbal?
    Thanks
    Bridie

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bridie View Post
    Hi, no I don't think we do, by lemon juice do you mean cut a lemon in half and rub it on the cymbal?
    Thanks
    Bridie
    Yes, correct...bad idea for Paiste cymbals.
    DW drums and Paiste cymbals.

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    Lemon juice, vinegar and water, ketchup, catsup.... all are acidic. Too bad about the Bar Keeper's Friend. That stuff is magical!
    Stolen from EddieV:
    Boom, ching, boom boom ching, fuggadugga fuggadugga fuggadugga crash. Rinse, Repeat ad-nauseum.

    Quote Originally Posted by drummer View Post
    Come on Mark. You steal copy. Just look at your signature.
    Quote Originally Posted by Texdrumr View Post
    Nothing says 'tough' like a drummer with ducklings on his drums. Ha!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bridie View Post
    Hi, no I don't think we do, by lemon juice do you mean cut a lemon in half and rub it on the cymbal?
    Thanks
    Bridie
    that's what I do

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    Thanks I shall try the lemon trick

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    Whiskey works pretty good as well. Makes those unsightly finger prints and smudges almost vanish. Not sure how it would work if you applied it directly on the cymbal, however. I've only tried the oral application.....

    (Only works if you're 21 or older, BTW)
    Last edited by N2Bluz; 08-11-2016 at 05:45 PM.
    -Brian

    "Too many crappy used drum stuff to list"

    Play the SONG......not the DRUMS!!!

    "I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts." ~ John Bonham

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