The don'ts I have gotten wrong: 1) "Don't use tea tree oil." Early on I trashed the finish on a didge by thinking I was doing a good thing! 🤪 2) "Don't use alcohol to clean with." I didn't clean the didge with alcohol. I tried a strong mouthwash and then played didge. It softened the finish enough to make it sticky. 😢 Fortunately these are all fixable things but DON'T MAKE MY MISTAKES!
Love this video. Love your sense of humour😅. I bought a didge three weeks ago and started playing and wondered about cleaning it. It's very old and smells like old books or something. Glad I found this post. I must say, I was laughing 😃 throughout with phrases like " you'll have this thing showing at your bell end"😂, "finger deep"😮 and more, coupled with the tonal value of your voice. Maybe it's just my own naughty mind at work although I'm betting, others have noticed. You're great fun to watch and the first I found when I started playing three weeks ago. Thanks for the great videos. Groove On ✌️ ❤
Thank you for understanding my sheer brilliance! I attract the same. Yes, old books is my favourite most disgusting smell of a didge. Follow these steps and you will be free of it in a matter of years, unless you have old books around...
Ah! it you have mold inside, maybe try with that 5:00 technique but maybe also add the third container with magic with some isopropanol... test before dedication to scrubbing.
@DuendeDidgeridoo Thanks for replying. Thankfully. it's not mould. I used your technique with the brush, and with little effort, it was like new and 'Ye Ole bookshop odour' has gone. I'll miss that smell. Thanks again. Groove On ✌️
While this was informative I did get a good laugh throughout. (I had to watch it a few times to get additional giggles 😁😁😁) You know I have a special appreciation for the way you express yourself. I love it. Thank you! 🙂
That is a very good question! Before me recommending anything, can you tell me something more about what kind of didge it is and how it is coated, if you know...
I am really scared when it come to clean things. Yeah, I admit it, I don't wash my jacket in case it lost its textile properties. So, the water thing I really don't want to do it on a duende, I bought a nice thing to clean saxos or similar, I will use that every month, and wipe the mouthpiece with a cloth every time I play. I say now, may forget about it later. All of us had some weird people that come to ask "what is that" Can I play it? And they stick their nose inside 😍😍 lovely
hey, wanted to clean Mahogany didgeridoo with the soap and water but my didgeridoo shape is spiral , is it impossible to clean? what to do? im gross up because of the guy that made the didgeridoo handmade and used it , i want it clean before i use it
First of all, thank you for recognizing me as a didgeridoo cleaning guru that I am. I hope my answer doesn't come too late and that you don't have a pair of vicious eyes looking at you from the mp. So I guess you didn't get a spiral brush with your didge? Hmm.. it is a tough one as spiral/sax didges have this one disadvantage. This is what I would do: inspect with my nose how bad it is. If it is not bad, I would just keep cleaning the first 15 cm or however deep I can go easily. The zero and first step from the video from there after. If it is bad, I would probably just drown the didge in soapy water... hoping that the finish would survive... Then I would scrub it as much as I can with a bottle brush and hope for the best. The middle solution is to use some long flexible bottle brush and clean first 30cm or so without drowning the poor didge... Let me know how it went. Spiral out, keep didging!
Hey Du A vitally important video! I promise you that I'm in my new oak kayros no living beings going to breed and it after each playing with a lot of devotion will get rid of my drool ;) All the best Manu
I have a pvc slide didgeridoo , been playing since couple of weeks. I hsvent been cleaning ss such but using a tissue on yhe front opening, apparently since last few days ive developed canker sores through out my mouth ! First time in my entire life, is this due to playing the didge condtantly and through the pressure developed in the mouth also sue to unclean didge maybe ? Thank you again.
Hey Jash! Sores are a complex phenomenon in humans, I wouldn't attribute it to didge playing, but I can't guarantee you it is not related. Observe it and see how canker sores behave also with other events in your life. Keep cleaning the didge, but even more importantly, keep practicing, playing and enjoying!
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The don'ts I have gotten wrong: 1) "Don't use tea tree oil." Early on I trashed the finish on a didge by thinking I was doing a good thing! 🤪 2) "Don't use alcohol to clean with." I didn't clean the didge with alcohol. I tried a strong mouthwash and then played didge. It softened the finish enough to make it sticky. 😢 Fortunately these are all fixable things but DON'T MAKE MY MISTAKES!
Love this video. Love your sense of humour😅. I bought a didge three weeks ago and started playing and wondered about cleaning it. It's very old and smells like old books or something. Glad I found this post.
I must say, I was laughing 😃 throughout with phrases like " you'll have this thing showing at your bell end"😂, "finger deep"😮 and more, coupled with the tonal value of your voice. Maybe it's just my own naughty mind at work although I'm betting, others have noticed. You're great fun to watch and the first I found when I started playing three weeks ago.
Thanks for the great videos.
Groove On ✌️ ❤
Thank you for understanding my sheer brilliance! I attract the same. Yes, old books is my favourite most disgusting smell of a didge. Follow these steps and you will be free of it in a matter of years, unless you have old books around...
Ah! it you have mold inside, maybe try with that 5:00 technique but maybe also add the third container with magic with some isopropanol... test before dedication to scrubbing.
@DuendeDidgeridoo Thanks for replying. Thankfully. it's not mould. I used your technique with the brush, and with little effort, it was like new and 'Ye Ole bookshop odour' has gone. I'll miss that smell.
Thanks again.
Groove On ✌️
While this was informative I did get a good laugh throughout. (I had to watch it a few times to get additional giggles 😁😁😁) You know I have a special appreciation for the way you express yourself. I love it. Thank you! 🙂
Hahaha. Love the humor. And appreciate the video as I'm a beginner and have been wondering about the cleaning process of my didge. Thank you!!
I just acquired a didgeridoo that hasn't been played in over 30 years. What's your suggestion on cleaning it?
That is a very good question! Before me recommending anything, can you tell me something more about what kind of didge it is and how it is coated, if you know...
I am really scared when it come to clean things. Yeah, I admit it, I don't wash my jacket in case it lost its textile properties.
So, the water thing I really don't want to do it on a duende, I bought a nice thing to clean saxos or similar, I will use that every month, and wipe the mouthpiece with a cloth every time I play. I say now, may forget about it later.
All of us had some weird people that come to ask "what is that" Can I play it? And they stick their nose inside 😍😍 lovely
But what if I go knuckle deep inside the borderline?
Then this may hurt a little, but it's something you'll get used to. ;-*
hey, wanted to clean Mahogany didgeridoo with the soap and water but my didgeridoo shape is spiral , is it impossible to clean? what to do? im gross up because of the guy that made the didgeridoo handmade and used it , i want it clean before i use it
First of all, thank you for recognizing me as a didgeridoo cleaning guru that I am. I hope my answer doesn't come too late and that you don't have a pair of vicious eyes looking at you from the mp. So I guess you didn't get a spiral brush with your didge? Hmm.. it is a tough one as spiral/sax didges have this one disadvantage.
This is what I would do: inspect with my nose how bad it is. If it is not bad, I would just keep cleaning the first 15 cm or however deep I can go easily. The zero and first step from the video from there after. If it is bad, I would probably just drown the didge in soapy water... hoping that the finish would survive... Then I would scrub it as much as I can with a bottle brush and hope for the best. The middle solution is to use some long flexible bottle brush and clean first 30cm or so without drowning the poor didge... Let me know how it went. Spiral out, keep didging!
Hey Du
A vitally important video! I promise you that I'm in my new oak kayros no living beings going to breed and it after each playing with a lot of devotion will get rid of my drool ;)
All the best
Manu
I have a pvc slide didgeridoo , been playing since couple of weeks. I hsvent been cleaning ss such but using a tissue on yhe front opening, apparently since last few days ive developed canker sores through out my mouth ! First time in my entire life, is this due to playing the didge condtantly and through the pressure developed in the mouth also sue to unclean didge maybe ? Thank you again.
Hey Jash! Sores are a complex phenomenon in humans, I wouldn't attribute it to didge playing, but I can't guarantee you it is not related. Observe it and see how canker sores behave also with other events in your life. Keep cleaning the didge, but even more importantly, keep practicing, playing and enjoying!