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I clean all my Fox 40s in vinegar. Does wonders. You'll be surprised what all comes out. Just soak them for an hour or so
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I usually dip them in mouth wash and I have put Purell on them as well if they are really grimy and let it sit in my bag before I use it.
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Great tip that a veteran passed on to me was to soak your whistles in a solution of baking soda in water. It works really well to get all the 'gunk' out of your whistle.
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The absolute best way to clean your whistles to to drop them into a glass of Coke and leave them overnight. Be sure to use Coke Classic and not that snussy Diet Coke stuff. In the morning, everything that was in and on your whistle will have dissolved out and your whistles will be absolutely clean and sterile. As an added bonus, you can also drink the Coke for breakfast. It now has an added flavor that is quite tasty, and it is nutritious also.
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now I'm not a chemist, but really, anything wich has a pH value not equal to 7 will do the trick. That's why all the above will work ( they are both acids so they will react and dissolve(? not sure on my english here) the dirt). How ever, don't use anything to strong like things you find in a lab, they might make your whistle go away, or have nasty reactions (e.g. if you put metal into HNO3 you will end up with highly toxic gas, but HNO3 is at least not for sale to the public in sweden, so I suppose you would know not to use it if you acctually had some).
Now my point is, I wouldn't go with boiling water, but use some vingear, coke, or other standard substances (iow, things you can eat) wich have a pH not equal to 7 and you will end up with a nice and clean whistle.
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Okay, I'll bite, I'm probably going to regret this but, what the hey. How do you get cold water to boil?
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I think you would have to lower the pressure quite much, but it's possible. If you try at home you will see that the temperature of boiling changes from day to day (look at the weather and see if you can find clues to when and how it changes). I have only done this a few times, but I found out that you can easily have a three degree lowering in the boiling point, just becuse of the conditions of that day.
But now, this is an official forum, and I think I need more officiating and less school work
