Hi all-
I just wanted to say that after reading all of the polishing post and seeing the peanut butter one I was tempted to try it. Well, I just tried it and have to say that it is the best way to remove the black gunk left by Brasso.

Thanks again for your help

So Brasso, something that is supposed to clean, leaves behind black gunk???

Peanut butter also gets gum out of hair! <img src="/threads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Chong uses it all the time...

you're not supposed to use brasso for polishing cymbals, its an abrasive and make the cymbals brittle.

What would you recommend for the cymbals then? They haven't been cleaned in about 3 years, so their are a lot of fingerprints and oil and everything built up on them.
Thanks.

This whole discussion should have happened in the Cymbal Maintenance thread.

well zildjian does make a cymbal polish. there is also groove juice.

groove juice takes off the labels, but it does a good job if you don't care about that. <img src="/threads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Anything to make it shiny will work but Peanut Butter, you have got to be serious. We don't use food stuff on our equipment. Use the "RIGHT" stuff like groove juice for that.

Yes, we are serious. Don't knock it until you try it.

Do you chew gum? Do you know that when you are chewing gum you are eating rocks, specifically marble? Do you know that chewing gum was meant to be an adhesive?

The oils in peanut butter work very well in dislodging dirt and oxidation off of metals. Many items have uses above and beyond what they were originally meant for. It's also a lot cheaper than Groove Juice.

Tooth paste might work too. I personally haven't tried it, but I know people who use toothpaste to clean silver jewlery. If it does indeed work, it shouldn't be harsh enough to take off the logos.