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50-50 bleach-water for mouthpiece?

Author: Marge
Date: 2002-02-11 00:49

In another thread ("Clarinet nobody ever heard of"), Ron B. suggested an approx. 50-50 laundry bleach and water solution (soaking 1-2 hrs.) as a way to restore the appearance (color) of my almost 50 y.o. hard-rubber mouthpiece that has faded and become sort of greenish brown where exposed to air and light. I also have a hard-rubber clarinet (c. 1930s) that has spotting and streaking, esp. in and on the bell. He says he has used this process successfully on mouthpieces and on a couple of old Conns.

My question: what does this do to the rubber (which must actually be some kind of composite) and its properties, including musically? I know how corrosive that kind of solution is to hands (and many other things). Chemically, what effect does laundry bleach have on rubber (and whatever else might be in mouthpieces)?

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