Lysol Disinfectant Wipes...

[Trizno]

I was cleaning my mouthpieces with a mild dish detergent, and noticed I couldn't get some of the gunk out of some of the crevasses. I had an idea to use these Lysol Disinfectant Wipes. The gunk dissolved on contact. It worked great (almost to good). I am a little paranoid that the chemicals in these wipes might harm (damage) the mouthpiece. Do you guys think I have any thing to worry about? BTW... The pieces that I cleaned were a La Sax (brass) silver plated tenor mp, and a Rico metalite alto mp. Thanks in advance...

[Tonehole]

You have only used them on a plastic and metal piece so far!
There is a good chance the wipes have some alcohol in them ... not the best to use on a quality rubber piece.
I would try them on a junk hard rubber piece first .. the alcohol may fade the rubber.
Vinegar will remove the gunk with no chance of damage.
Good Luck.

[Saxophoneguy2001]

Another good cleaning method is to make a mixture of about 95% lukewarm water and 5% peroxide (and a dash of mouthwash if you want the minty aftertaste/smell), and let the mouthpiece sit in that for about five minutes. Then rinse it out.

[Miztrez Az]

Those mouthpiece brushes that come in the cheap packaged cleaning kits for the sax seem to work really well in conjuction with the aforementioned cleaning solution.