Hi:
The stench of the mouthpiece can be removed with a few drops of an excellent 
disinfectant mouthwash called LISTERINE.
Plates eliminates bacteria that create odor and is bactericidal and 
germinicida;  

but I
Silveriothink that the smells are due to the mouthpiece and reed are not 
properly cleaned after each study session or musical performance.
If you put a few drops of Listerine in the dry cloth or feather duster every 
time you use it, you'll not have any more bad smell on your mouthpiece.


      

Make sure to not use Mi-T-Mist (Sanimist) on your plastic or rubber mouthpieces. I had a plastic clarinet mouthpiece develop a white haze before I read "Contains Alcohol. Do not use on rubber mouthpiece or other rubber based parts. May not be safe for some composite materials." Apparently, it is an isopropanol-based spray - NOT good for drinking! I have had no discoloration issues with Sterisol Germicide, but I'd like to see if it kills germs as well as Listerine or the bleach mix. 

Thanks for posting about you experiences with Ethanol based products!

E v e r e t t F i d l e r

PS, Mike Vaccaro has nice sounding band clips on his site.


--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, Silverio Potenza <silpopaar@...> wrote:
>
> Hi:
> The stench of the mouthpiece can be removed with a few drops of an excellent 
> disinfectant mouthwash called LISTERINE.
> Plates eliminates bacteria that create odor and is bactericidal and 
> germinicida;  
> 
> but I
> Silveriothink that the smells are due to the mouthpiece and reed are not 
> properly cleaned after each study session or musical performance.
> If you put a few drops of Listerine in the dry cloth or feather duster every 
> time you use it, you'll not have any more bad smell on your mouthpiece.
>

Gee, we sell GALLONS of Mi-Ti-Mist
and I have never seen or heard of any problem like that.  And even if it is not good for rubber, it should have no effect on plastic.
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-----Original Message-----
From: "fidlershorns" 
Sender: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:42:18 
To: 
Reply-To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Re:Rubber smell

Make sure to not use Mi-T-Mist (Sanimist) on your plastic or rubber mouthpieces. I had a plastic clarinet mouthpiece develop a white haze before I read "Contains Alcohol. Do not use on rubber mouthpiece or other rubber based parts. May not be safe for some composite materials." Apparently, it is an isopropanol-based spray - NOT good for drinking! I have had no discoloration issues with Sterisol Germicide, but I'd like to see if it kills germs as well as Listerine or the bleach mix. 

Thanks for posting about you experiences with Ethanol based products!

E v e r e t t F i d l e r

PS, Mike Vaccaro has nice sounding band clips on his site.


--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, Silverio Potenza  wrote:
>
> Hi:
> The stench of the mouthpiece can be removed with a few drops of an excellent 
> disinfectant mouthwash called LISTERINE.
> Plates eliminates bacteria that create odor and is bactericidal and 
> germinicida;  
> 
> but I
> Silveriothink that the smells are due to the mouthpiece and reed are not 
> properly cleaned after each study session or musical performance.
> If you put a few drops of Listerine in the dry cloth or feather duster every 
> time you use it, you'll not have any more bad smell on your mouthpiece.
>




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