I've managed to bring back to live cymbals from the 70's and 80's with the same Paiste cleaner. Very good stuff . I did it manually though- it is a lot more fun.
So far this kid got the cymbals the shiniest on youtube of the videos ive seen....the only one that beat him was a professional trying to sell his cymbal cleaning product.
Have to ask you, were these high gloss cymbals to begin with? And I noticed you went over the logos a few times yourself. Is it okay to buff over them as long as you don't use too much pressure?
MIKE SCHUMACHER though I'm not this guy, I could answer this for you; yes the cymbals have a brilliant finish already and yea, you can go over the logos, just be really *really* careful about it
For Paiste 2002's: Bar Keeper's Friend. Get a bowl, some water, and 2-3 tablespoons of BKF. Find someplace where you can quickly rinse the cymbals and dry them. First, take a sponge or soft cloth and dip it into your BKF solution. Not sopping wet, wipe it around the cymbal, following the grooves, avoiding the labels altogether. Rinse it and look for any more dirt in the grooves. If needed, go over it one more time, but when you are done with the rest of the cymbal, quickly go over the logos and immediately rinse them off. DRY the cymbal NOW, bone dry. This is crucial because leaving partly dry cymbals will bring on immediate patina problems.
"it looks well used"... damn... you should see mine xD I however heard that cleaner uses materials that can damage the structure of the material and intensive cleaning can be harmful to the service. So I pretty much only clean them once or twice a year at this point :) Window cleaner (NON-ACID VERSIONS ONLY) can help to make the cymbals look shiny without any harm, it doesn't get heavy sticking or thick fingermarks of though.
QUESTION? Nobody seems to know this answer,but does Ketchup actually WORK on all-"BRONZE" Cymbals? I've seen many videos of people polishing theirs with Ketchup,but ALL of them,were "BRASS" cymbals,NOT Bronze!?!? So due to the metal-differences between em,would Ketchup actually have the same,better or worse effect on all-BRONZE cymbals? ANY help would be nice!?!?
Ketchup can on certain cymbals distort the look of the cymbal, I believe it is acid or the natural chemical in Ketchup that will do the damage. I have seen it used on some cymbals and it worked pretty good but not great. So the answer is use cymbal cleaner and a buffer, Or, the best way of course it is the most expensive. it would be to get a motor that spins the cymbal, then you have full control of the cleaning process. There are guys on U tube that sell the device it looks like a black tub the cymbal sits in and gets screwed down like you do on a cymbal stand. Then it spins the cymbal so you can hold down a rag with cleaner on it. they work wonders on cymbals.
It's an orbital polisher or "buffer". It does not go in circles like a true buffer does. It does not create heat like a buffer does. It is not as aggressive as a buffer as the RPM's are much lower than a buffer. They are also much less expensive than a buffer. A good choice for polishing a cymbal. I would suggest a smaller one then he used. A 6" orbital polisher is about as large as I would suggest since not all cymbals are as large as the one he did in this video. I hope this helps you out.
yes windows cleaner is cool, but to polish to high-gloss it isn't the perfect friend ;) what do you do with this poor cymbals?! hehe try it with car-polish with fine-sand and wax
Honesty it looks great but I wouldn't wet my cymbals, because I don't want them to get rusted, and I don't want the sound to go away. So, in my personal opinion, I wouldn't risk it, especially if you have a high value cymbal.
The cymbal already had a Brilliant finish, so should never had a buffing machine used on it. Just a soft cloth should be enough to remove the fingerprints. What is all this thing about having such bright shiny cymbals, most don't start with a Brilliant finish, they have a matt finish from the lathing process. Every time you polish a cymbal with any abrasives - Paiste cymbal cleaner is an abrasive - you are removing metal. and softening the profile of the tonal grooves which give the cymbal it's unique sound. If you want clean shiny cymbals, buy them that way and treat them with respect, wiping them down after every use and removing the greasy fingerprints which will lead to marks and tarnish. there are no real cymbal cleaners on the market now, only cymbal polishes - all were deemed to bad for the environment to stay on sale. Don't waste your money buying any branded cymbal cleaners, when washing up liquid and water will clean them, and a soft well laundered cloth will polish them after use. Never use powdered abrasives or Brasso type abrasive cleaners, Brasso is for cleaning tarnished brass, decent cymbals are made from bronze, they are not brass.
"Don't press too STRANGE and MASSAGE in circular motion"???? How about "Don't press too STRONG and RUB in a circular PATTERN... Makes more sence don't you think???
