As soon as you remove cymbals from stands, pack them in covers, because otherwise somebody can unintentionally step on them. Do not put a cymbal on the edge and do not lay it on an abrasive floor (for example, concrete floor): cymbals can get scratched, and those, which stood on the edge, can fall. If you need to lay cymbals on a firm or abrasive floor, use covers or some soft fabric.
When cymbals are not on stands, they should be packed between layers of a soft material, cotton fabric or in plastic packages, these measures will help you to avoid scratches.
Remember that cymbals costed you a pretty penny and your investments need to be protected. Always carry cymbals in individual protective covers or in one cover (it must have sections lest cymbals be shabby after transportation.
When removing and installing cymbals, use dry fabric or textile gloves, this will help you not to leave fingerprints on the instrument. Alternatively, take cymbals by edges with palms at a pinch. Wipe them with dry soft fabric, dusting them after every use before hiding them into covers. All these actions will save your time during capital cleaning of cymbals.
If you don’t use cymbals during a long period of time, wrap each cymbal in a piece of fabric to protect surfaces and edges of. And finally, cymbals need to be cleaned regularly.
When using cymbals soil them: there are fingerprints, sweat, grease, dust, scenic smoke, lubricating oil, dirt, oxides, marks after stick’s strokes, all these things do not improve either their look or a sound. Modern cymbals have a protective coat, preventing oxidation and small dirty spots, so if you wipe cymbals after each use, the moment of cleaning will not come so soon, but sooner or later cymbals should be cleaned. It is recommended that cymbals are cleaned every 4-6 weeks of using depending on how much and how often you play them.
All the leading producers of cymbals put on sale different cleaners. There is a tendency to create universal cleaners which can be used for cleaning cymbals of all marks.
Put a little cleaner on a cymbal (this can be a spray or you can spread it by a rag), leave a cymbal for some time, then clear it by a fabric from a mix of cleaner and dirt (describing circles from centre to borders), and then polish it by dry pure fabric.
All the universal cleaners leave very thin protective membrane which like a skin during some time protects a cymbal from getting dirty. This membrane collapses in 3-5 weeks after usual use of cymbals. It is recommended that the places with logos are not rubbed if you want to preserve it.
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