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[thetubameister@adelphia.net]

I'll add $.02 that once you slide is dry, it can oxidize more quickly, especially with the heat aiding the process.  A slide flush might be in order, but do what Eric says and you're 99% sure to get rid of the problem...

J.c.

---- Eric & Candice Swanson <swan325 at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> 
> On Aug 17, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Nelween M. Gan wrote:
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> > Try this:  wrap a strip of cotton rug(long enough to reach the end  
> > part of the tube with your hand gripped the other end of the rug)  
> > around the steel rod with soap and water, then push it gently   
> > inside the outer slide. Make sure that the rod does not touch the  
> > surface of the outer slide tube.
> >
> >>
> 
> Nelween,
> 
> I think you mean cotton rag, don't you?  I can't imagine getting a  
> piece of any kind of rug into my slide.
> 
> Anyway, John, it sounds like your slide really dried out.  Lube it up  
> with some Trombotine or Superslick and water, move it around for a few  
> minutes, then clean it with a cleaning rod and rag as you normally  
> should be doing.  Using a brush or snake isn't really going to do the  
> job on your outer slides anyway.  The snake is for the slide crook and  
> the inner slides, the cleaning rod is for the outer slides.
> 
> Eric Swanson
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