Black stuff on cymbal after polishing

[ian1988]

I Just polished my cymbals. I followed all the instructions on it. But as i polished it more and more, Black stuff started forming on the cymbal. Its a Traditional Istanbul Agop. So could it be that the Oxidised crap from the cymbal got stuck between the lathing grooves.?

Anyhow, i got some liquid soap and washed it all off so its nice and shiny now.

Also...why doesnt Cymbal cleaner work on Sheet metal cymbals?

[pitchfork]

It should do, make sure you use some form of cymbal protector on it now though, should work good.
might've just been dirt or something.

[maniac0796]

The black stuff is all the grime and crap your getting out of the grooves.

[Dirty]

Silly billy, that's all the crap that comes out. You need to rub it down with a clean cloth afterwards, rub that stuff out and they'll blind yeh.

[Zildjian]

Thats commen sence buddy

[Johan VDS]

I followed all the instructions on it. But as i polished it more and more, Black stuff started forming on the cymbal. Could be just the dirt, but if the polish contains ammoniack you are actually dissolving a little bit of the cymbals surface (that also turns black).

In that case you are smoothing down the lathing grooves a bit. Repeated treatment will result in a "brilliant finish" type of cymbal with a slightly smoother sound.

[Murd_666]

Yeah my guess would have been the label rubbing off, but I guess it's the dirt. It's nothing to worry about I guess.

[Dirty]

Could be just the dirt, but if the polish contains ammoniack you are actually dissolving a little bit of the cymbals surface (that also turns black).

In that case you are smoothing down the lathing grooves a bit. Repeated treatment will result in a "brilliant finish" type of cymbal with a slightly smoother sound.

Or it's just the dirt.

[The Fiction We Live]

You can polish your traditional cymbals all you want and they'll look good, but nowhere close to a brilliant finish.

[Johan VDS]

You can polish your traditional cymbals all you want and they'll look good, but nowhere close to a brilliant finish.If you use a polish containing ammoniack you can. Only after repeated treatment of course.

[MXicanDrummer]

polish harder, if you dont sweat, your not doing it right.

[ofDooM]

i was trying to polish my 22" Z Series, and i was going pretty hard. next thing i know SLAM right into the bath tub...and now theres a big mark there.

[drummerdave]

You can polish your traditional cymbals all you want and they'll look good, but nowhere close to a brilliant finish.

yes, just peep my cymbals in my thread:

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=469875

p.s.: ofDooM, that gave me a good laugh!

[ofDooM]

not to my parents :(. good memories though...