How To Clean Cymbals Faster When Using Groove Juice Or Sabian Cymbal Polish 

LOL I can be a bit emphatic at times. I just hate having to struggle with the with shmegma that you get from Groove Juice if you don't use enough water. I don't want to take my cymbals to a sink lolol!!!Thx for watching :-)

@@KennySharretts Hey, that's why we love you man!

TimmyBoy Lololol thx as I was feeling I was starting to look more like the “Back to Formula?” Willam Dafoe. 🤣🤣

Dude every time I see this comment I laugh my a#* off. Just the best.

I'll have to try it. Thx for commenting.

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You are welcome. Again like I said in the video, ya gotta be quick on the K's. The key is to buff as quickly as possible with the K's. Someone recently mentioned another polish they love so I tried it. Never again. But this method is amazing for A customs just please be thorough, especially at the edges.

JOHN CARMICHAEL I try. Not always 100% but I try. Thanks for watching

Thank you for watching. I'm glad it helps. New videosite coming soon.

Hello Thereu Awesome! Yes Bar Keepers friend is a popular polish that people will use on cymbals. My fave cream/paste polishes are Zildjian’s Brilliant Polish (as it works pretty well on non custom A’s, and Music Nomad’s Cymbal Cleaner (which killed it on my K’s). That being said this tip’s intents were to cut the acidic polish with water so as to 1. Reduce the need to rinse the cymbal. As I said in the video, I don’t want to carry a whole set of cymbals to a dressing room/ janitorial station in the venue to rinse them. Then clean up the mess? Nope! Quick, and direct cleaning is my mode on the road. Lol! 2. Reduce the impact of the acid on your hands. I use gloves when cleaning, but the polish can still get on your hands, and eat them up. 3. as a tech I often have to clean cymbals with what the drummer i’m working for prefers. Therefore if one has a similar situation this tip might be helpful. Thank you for watching. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

My pleasure. I know I hate having to struggle with the with shmegma that you get from Groove Juice if you don't use enough water. I don't want to take my cymbals to a sink lolol!!!If you have to use groove juice, this is the way to roll. Thx for watching :-)

Awesome. Yes cutting w/ water works well if this is the Polish you have. As I mentioned in the video, I like this polish for brilliant finishes. For K’s n A’s these days i’m hooked on the Music Nomad Cymbal Cleaner. Check it out. It’s like the old school Zildjian cream polish.

@@KennySharretts I’ll definitely check that out! Thanks again for the content you put out, so helpful!

My pleasure. So glad it helps.

Thank you so much 🤗Yeah as I stated in the video it’s pretty meh on A’s n K’s. It’s really only good for quick shines on A custom style brilliants. I’ve been using Music Nomads Cymbal cleaner on everything lately. It’s been awesome. Thank you so much for watching.

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Thank you so much my friend. And thx for watching.

A lot of people like Brasso. On old A's it certainly does the trick.

hey dude thinking of buying a ludwig breakbeat snare good price i saw you tune them up are they no bad snares will it do the job for gigging in clubs man loving your tips brother thanks again!!!!!

If it's a good price yes. They are inexpensive as kits, so make sure you do not overpay. I'll be honest, they are popping little snares. Gig worthy for sure.

thanks mate for your geat advice and love your drum tips !!!!!!

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While I have never tried Vaseline, I'm sure any oil/sealant will help keep the cymbal from oxidizing further.

cleaner or preventative?

Awesome!!! It's handy indeed.

+Robert Major Surprisingly cleaning does affect the sound, but yeah, . . many of my drummers want it shiny for the show. Others don't. It's all up to their preference.

Well considering the petroleum/fish oil base of the Wd-40, that would make sense that it pushes all the water out of the grooves, and hopefully takes all the residue with it. May even put a nice short term protective coating on the cymbal.For me I'll keep the wet, and dry towels handy as I have enough chemicals in the process, but I will have to try this soon to see how it plays out on the cymbal. Thank you so much for watching.

Kenny Sharretts x

Thank you. Not if you dry them well. The instructions actually say to wash the cymbals after using the Polish. I simply blended the steps. Again this works best on brilliant finishes. Thank you for commenting, and watching.

Zildjian has a polish specifically for these cymbals. Use that.

Alot of people swear by it. Might have to give it a spin. I use a lot of different polishes for different reasons, but I do know that Groove Juice/Sabian Polish works best when cut with water. lolol Thx for watching.

Doug L.64 And it’s the cheapest cymbals cleaner available. Shhh don’t tell too many people.

In general I try to avoid the logos so if I remember the rag is close but not on the logos. When you cut it with water it’s less damaging to the logos, but I try to clean around them, and inside their little spots within the logos. Thank you for watching, and commenting.

Thank you for the kind words, and thank you for watching.

Totes. It's ok for other cymbals, but on brilliants it's the best.

As I said in the video this is not the best polish for traditional finish cymbals. It works, but it can leave a haze if you do not thoroughly rinse them. Like scrub with a clean rag under water. You may also need to add a little more water to your mixture. This is basically an acid bath for cymbals. What I can recommend is 1. Add a little more water into the polish, then clean them again, but in smaller sections, and wipe quickly. Like buff that section right away, then rinse. then the next section, then rinse. That way you get the haze off. 2. Get some Music Nomad's Cymbal Cleaner. It's an old school style creme polish. Polish the cymbal in sections, and only use A LITTLE BIT at a time. Otherwise you will be buffing for days to get the haze of THIS polish off. This will set the cymbal back to basics of a clean look with no haze.

I’ve been using Music Nomads Cymbal Cleaner / elbow grease lately and it’s awesome . Thank you for watching.

I love Zildjian paste as well.

I'd suggest you throw the HCS cymbals in the trash where they belong

Exactly, and you still have to be careful around the logos. I use several polishes for my work. This was simply a trick to help make this one a more efficient, and less logo intrusive polish to use. Thx so much for watching as always my brother.

If you are using buffing/rubbing compound yes. If you are using cymbal polish, and going at it lightly not terribly much. . Logos are what might suffer the most.

Kenny Sharretts yeah it’s the zildjian polish. I’m not really too concerned with with labels though.

Many drummers swear by it. This method is good for keeping brilliant finish cymbals “fresh” for each show. It also helps keep fingerprints from building up. These days I’ve been full Music Nomad Cymbal Cleaner for everything. Thank you for watching, and commenting.

What type of finish do they have?

@@KennySharretts bronze paiste 2002.

I'm a big fan of Music Nomad Drum Polish, but when my client uses groove juice, that is what I use. LOL! This method just makes it easier.

If I can't polish off the haze then I'll give them a rinse. The whole point of the video, however, is to not have to rinse. That's why I cut the polish with water, then rub down the cymbal with a wet cloth. That way the groove juice is not left on it. It's an acid bath, so again cutting it with water makes it a bit more functional. Thanks for watching.

Wiping off the dust with a wet cloth first will help the cleaning process. Thank you for watching.

I have tried barkeeper's and I have tried groove juice go with bar keepers in a heartbeat

Keith Clark totally!! I just did a ton of cymbals that were pretty green, and it came out great. Elbow grease required. Lololol! Thx for watching

Thank you for the question. As most drummers doI tend NOT to clean my hand hammered cymbals unless they get "the green" on them. If I do clean them its with a super watered down bottle of Groove Juice. And just on the green spots or a light overall wiping. Unless its for aesthetics I like to let my HH cymbals"develop".

+Lehmann Peters In time most definitely. One of the reasons i cut it with water. Alas anything that removes oxidization will affect the logos one way or another.

Absolutely appreciate your concern. As I state in the video, this polish really only works well with “brilliant” style cymbals, and even then if you are not careful it will strip your logos. That’s why I made the recommendation to cut this stuff with a bit of water. Easier clean, easier to clean around your logos without removing them. Which alas to some drummers is the most important part of the cymbal. 🤦‍♂️ In fact I mention specifically in the vid that this polish is meh on K’s. I have had great success, however, with Music Nomad’s Cymbal Cleaner. ESPECIALLY on my K’s which I keep clean for my video shoots. They all still have their logos, and look amazing. I think the problems you have had have been listening to people who say “use barkeepers friend or never dull” which are for bar rails, and motorcycles respectively. Much like Groove Juice they are a bit caustic to the cymbal, AND polishing over logos and expecting them to still be there. Any polish is going to be a bit caustic, and remove logos. I’ll roll with cymbal polish in a paste form like the old Zildjian creme, or Music Nomad’s as if you are careful with your logos these do the job well. Thank you for watching.

So sorry I missed this. On AAX ALL DAY LONG!!! On xs20's it's not the best. There's a cleaner out there for that type of cymbal.

+Brett Evan me too. The rule of thumb is to never clean Hand Hammered cymbals. They tend to sound better with dirt, and age. Some people feel the same way about traditional"A's". BUUUT 😆 when the greenie meanie tarnish shows up not only does it look terrible/rub off on your hands and clothes but it tends to let corrosion set in. That's never good for a cymbal. That's why I recommend cutting GJ with a little water. It can help remove the green stuff without getting ALL the muck out. In the end it also helpsremove the residual cleaner so it doesn't corrode the cymbal either. To me its all a matter of individual preference. BTW this works great on any "brilliant" cymbals which tend to be the ones my clients want polished.

Just about anywhere. The Sabian cleaner seems to be harder to find, but it is basically the same thing as Groove Juice.

fadedpods alas much like K’s this is not the best polish for a cymbal like that. I’ve had a great amount of success with Music Nomads Cymbal Cleaner. Takes a lot of polishing to get it all off but your cymbals will probably not yellow up as fast. I use Groove Juice on brilliants when i’m on tour and have to clean daily. Thank you so much for watching 🙏

@@KennySharretts Thank you so much for the suggestion, and I will look into it.

@@cryptsyns how did it work out?

@@KennySharretts it ended up working out really well, ive found that the more I polish with the sabian cymbal cleaner my cymbals started to shine up really well and they don't really get the yellow film anymore.

I could find the music nomads anywhere near me but I did use your cleaning technique and it has done me just fine.

+Hugh Schultz This is a common problem which led to me cutting the polish with water. If you do not wash off the cymbals with extreme care the polish remains, and the residue continues to work on the metal hence the "oxidization haze". My fave polish for Regular A's is still the old school Zildjian creme polish in a tube. I don't believe they make it anymore. With regular A's, and K's a more traditional creme polish works best. Paiste/Brasso. Just avoid your logos, and buff REALLY well. The new Zildjian Cymbal Polish is designed for Brilliants/A Customs and I don't know how it is for regular A's. Hmmnn, . . . You sir have inspired me to now research polishes to see what works best for what these days instead of relying on my deep stash of my fave products. Thank you very much, and please keep watching. New stuff coming really soon.

+Kenny Sharretts I also have the newer Zildjian polish. It is rubbish on my A's as it gets stuck really easily in the tonal grooves of the cymbals. It works ok on my brilliant finish A sweet ride however.

+Kenny Sharretts What is the ratio of groove juice to water you use to "Cut" it?

+Hugh Schultz sorry I missed this. Up to a 1/4 of a cup.

Thanks for the reply. I found applying a thin layer of Carnauba wax to each cymbal after cleaning with the groove juice helps alot to stop the oxidization.

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What kind of cymbals are they?

Kenny Sharretts Zildjian K Custom Dark

With K's you have to move quickly when removing the polish, and sometimes just go ahead and wash them off in the sink. The browning comes from the polish leaving a residue behind.

It's because groove juice is pure junk I won't buy this product again

Maybe on a K but Catsup can leave awkward streaks, and it simply doesn't do the job the way i need it done.

Which is why I made this video. It’s a very finicky polish that can leave a gross residue if you don’t cut it with water, or get it off quickly enough. As I stated in the video I only use it on brilliant finishes, as on matte finishes it’s not so good. It can be ok if your cymbals aren’t that oxidized, but I try not to use it at all anymore.

LOL too funny.

Wow that’s strange. What kind of environment are you drumming in? In addition when you are drumming are you sweating ?

Also note that a quick swipe with the water cut groove juice (polishing around your logos) should help keep those streaks n dots from becoming permanent.

Btw kennysharretts@gmail.com

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Thank you

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