Have you ever wonder how to add some shine to your instrument? Well, in todays post I will be talking about how to add some shine to your instrument depending on what kind of finish you have on it. So, lets first talk about what kind of finishes you can have on an instrument. There are many different types of finishes you can have on an instrument that range in an assortment of colors. For right now we'll only talk about the basic finishes. The other finishes are kind of weird, but if you would like to take a look at a couple here is a site that specializes in it L.A. Sax. They do custom finishes for their horns here is a picture of one of their jobs Patriotic Sax.
So the basic finishes are Gold, Sliver, Matted, and Black Nickel. Clarinet are the exception to this, because it only comes in plastic and wood, but it can come in colors like this Green Clarinet. Depending on the finish you have on your horn will effect the way it sounds. Todays post will talk about your standard lacquer or gold finish. All saxes, trumpets and trombones come in this finish. It looks like this Lacquer Sax. This type of finish comes in different shades from light to dark.
What you'll need:
Two Cloths
Windex
What to do:
Take the cloth and spray a light layer of windex on it. Take the cloth with windex and wipe down your instrument. Apply more windex when needed. After wiping it down with the windex cloth, take the dry cloth and wipe it down again. Your lacquer instrument will now have a shine to it.
Stay tunned for part two of this post, we will be talking about making sliver instruments shine.
~MT~
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