Stripping lacquer off of trigger paddle

[BigBadandBass]

Hey all, so question for you all. I have acidic sweat and it's eats through lacquer like crazy, nowadays I've gotten around it by cleaning my horn after every time I play it. But before that I didn't really care/notice what my sweat was doing to my horn, leading to the stripping of the lacquer on the paddle. Now I just wanna tear the band-aid off and get the rest off, do y'all have any ideas for what I should use, I imagine it doesn't need it be that strong considering my sweat already did all this in about a years time, I was thinking maybe citristrip, thoughts?

[Elow]

How much do you like that paddle? Sure you could strip it, or you get a cooler paddle. You could try citristrip, and if that doesn’t work try aircraft stripper. Or i would just buff it to hell.

[Bonearzt]

Some 0000 steel wool would take care of that quickly.

You could coat with acrylic nail polish afterwards.

[WGWTR180]

Some 0000 steel wool would take care of that quickly.

You could coat with acrylic nail polish afterwards.

I would go this route as opposed to the other more aggressive and needless suggestion.

[BGuttman]

If you don't really care how it looks (after all, it's behind your thumb all the time), just put the nail polish or a piece of tape on it now.

[tbonesullivan]

If your sweat is that acidic, it'll probably eat right into the brass. I would consider cleaning it and putting something invincible on it like polyurethane.

[hornbuilder]

You could have the paddle stripped, buffed and plated with nickel or chrome. Those 2 options would last much better than any paint type of finish.

[elmsandr]

Clean it off and have your favorite quarter soldered on.

Cheers,
Andy

[hornbuilder]

Andrew wins!! That is a GREAT idea!!

[Amconk]

Andrew wins!! That is a GREAT idea!!

I agree! I did that a few months back!

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[spencercarran]

If your sweat is that acidic you may want to invest in leather guards for other contact points. My old teacher's palm sweat burned a hole clean through the outer tube of his Edwards.

[BigBadandBass]

If your sweat is that acidic you may want to invest in leather guards for other contact points. My old teacher's palm sweat burned a hole clean through the outer tube of his Edwards.

I looked into it but none look like they'll fit my horn with its hand brace (MS27), nowadays I just religiously wipe down the horn and wash my hands before every practice sesh

[LeoInFL]

I've often thought about using Plastidip (available in lots of colors). If you don't like it you can peel it off.

I'm suggesting the 'dip' kind, not the spray type.