Clean Your Slides!

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[@vetsurginc]

Don't forget the red Slideomix cover for small tenor slides. It can also be used to dry the inside of large tenor and bass bone slide inner tubes.

[@AidanRitchie]

Yup, I have the small one as well- just forgot to say there are different sizes! I'd love a larger one, actually.

[@mondotrombo7167]

Not tight enough for you big boy

[@chandlerellis5457]

I l like to use rubbing alcohol for the inner slide personally. Especially for slides with lots of old cream and gunk on them.

[@psychedelicpucho]

If you just dry the inside of the outer tube and the outside of the inner tube after every single use, your slide won’t build up any mineral crud. That mineral crud builds up like coral on the inside of your outer slide and will grind down your slide plating. But the key is never letting that stuff build up to begin with. You have to dry it out after every use. If you’ve never heard of this, you need to have your slide professionally ground out by a slide guy first and then you can properly maintain your slide.

[@AidanRitchie]

Too much work!

[@psychedelicpucho]

@@AidanRitchie I thought that too before I started. I use a little swab made out of a Tshirt stuck in the end of a rod. It literally takes 1 minute and 30 seconds. As long as you don’t bang your slide, it will remain perfect using this method. You have to go visit Bruce Belo. He’s one freeway exit away from Disneyland…..

[@saidoof9369]

I already knew about this, I still love the feed back

[@iuguy81]

This part is awkward around other people 😂😂😂😂

[@twoshooz2003]

Love the Yama-snot! Thanks Aidan! Reminds me of a Bill Watrous video I'd seen years ago!

[@AidanRitchie]

That's where I got the idea!

[@artvesterdal5100]

Hi Aiden… Great ideas there. I’ve been doing the same for about the last year and what a difference. Why didn’t they teach us this in high school?

[@jameshicks4397]

Have you tried using Windex on the inner slide before you wipe it down. That helps the cloth pick up the dirt. Works for me anyway.

[@AidanRitchie]

Too much effort! Haha

[@DLudwg42]

Do NOT use regular Windex on your slide! The ammonia will damage the lacquer.

[@jameshicks4397]

@@DLudwg42 - to my knowledge, the inner slide has no lacquer on it. If it did, it would wear through in a very short time regardless of the lube you use.

[@JulianJahnke]

I don't play any instrument... but here we go! Let's learn something random 👀

[@javierroman1534]

😂

[@blesstoad]

I've cleaned my slides for years but this really was eye-opening May I ask you why you don't use water? Thanks!

[@AidanRitchie]

I do use water to clean the inners every once in a while. But I have just found water to be unnecessary for action- it just dilutes the lube and it evaporates faster. I haven't used water in more than 10 years.

[@michaelquillen2679]

@@AidanRitchie Interesting. That Yamaha Slide Lube must be good stuff! I was a fanatic about keeping my slides clean. Back in my day (gads, I feel old) I used Conn Slide Cream (it was supposed to be the old Ponds Green Cold Cream formula...before they added lanolin). I did use a spray water bottle with distilled water. I would have loved the results you have! Thanks for the video!

[@keithshockley3443]

What are some good lubricants you would recommend?

[@AidanRitchie]

@@keithshockley3443 for slide? Only yamaha slide lube.

[@mondotrombo7167]

@@keithshockley3443Yamaha slide oil 1st place Slide o mix two bottle 2nd place Rapid comfort 3rd place Alessi formula 4th place

[@dukkcc2]

Would a snake work too? Because I just ordered one yesterday, not a cleaning rod

[@AidanRitchie]

Nope. That is great for the inner slide and to clean out the crook but does not do what I do in this video.

[@bradleybunk6463]

Put a small cloth on end of snake to soak up liquid, but he is right, it does not develop enough friction without a rod.

[@AidanRitchie]

@@bradleybunk6463 I'd be very careful of doing that, very easy to lose your cloth!

[@SamO434]

Hey, so I have a Bach 50T3L coming in, so what tips do you have for it?

[@AidanRitchie]

Clean it! Both the way I outline here and with soap and water. Also disassemble the valve section and clean and oil all of that. Then go to town, play it!

[@piggdsbest333]

Can anything bad happen if you let the lube on your slide for too long (without playing) ? Useful video thank you. Another video on how to properly clean the whole bone would also be quite useful.

[@AidanRitchie]

Nope, not really. Just clean it off like in the video!

[@piggdsbest333]

Got ya. Also I've seen some people giving bath to their bone, is this a good thing to do ?@@AidanRitchie

[@AidanRitchie]

@@piggdsbest333 I only bathe my slides

[@piggdsbest333]

@@AidanRitchie alright thank you for the quick reply. Good day to you sir.

[@bradleybunk6463]

Yes, it will be harder to clean next time, and if the chrome plating is worn corrosion develops.

[@JohnArcycle]

I clean the inside of the inner slide too. Mine gets pretty cruddy.

[@AidanRitchie]

Of course, but that doesn't do anything for the action!

[@DLudwg42]

Good idea - but be careful you don't damage the leadpipe! That can be very expensive to repair.

[@T3SS3R4ACT]

why dont you use water? using water is what all of my trombone teachers have been telling me to do

[@AidanRitchie]

To clean or lube? I do use water to clean when I use a snake. But not to lube.

[@T3SS3R4ACT]

@@AidanRitchie I use water for both

[@AidanRitchie]

@@T3SS3R4ACT I used to, I don't need it for lube though. Just makes the lube evaporate faster