Is there any way to deal with this, i was looking in my sweetone and its going a bit rusty where it is folded? to make the whistle seal.
I rescued it from a friends house where it had been abused and knocked round for years (that makes it sound like a rescued pet 
! ) it has paint chips/knocks here and there. but it is white in colour which i donāt see available anymore & i have become quite fond of playing it.
so will it just eventually rust away or can i do anything ??
Donāt let it get wet anymore, for one thing. For another, I think you can find stuff wot treats metal in a hardware store, but im nay sure.
I thought of that stuff, but is it safe to breathe in etc..? 
I also thought of maybe swabbing olive oil (the oil not the cartoon woman ) up & down it ? but i wonāt do that until i know its a good idea
Well, if youāre worried about toxins, let it air out for a while.
And the olive oil should be perfectly safe. Unless you actually warp, cut, or otherwise change the shape of the tube, youāre not going to ruin the sound. Mine is dented all to heck, but bending it back into shape left me with a sweetone thats only a few cents different than it was brand new. Theyāre sturdy beasts.
Donāt, however, touch the fipple.
I was also wondering about rust since Iād noticed a small rust spot inside of my Meg that I had been playing for a week only. There arenāt any more and I guess this one appeared after I had used hot water to take the mouthpiece off for the first time - I probably left it wet after that and stuck the whistle in my bag not allowing it to dry properly. Or maybe rust spots are just likely to appear close to the mouthpiece because this is where thereās the most condensation? Mine is also near the seam.
Iām thinkng now, should I do something to remove this rust spot or just leave it as it is and make sure i let the whistle dry in the future?
Hmmm. I tried the olive oil on my sweetone but it only helped a little. Although, this is a pretty bad case of rust!
Maybe some 0000 or so steel wool on the end of a stick, and GENTLY polish the spot in the bore? then oil it with olive oil. WD-40 would probably be more appropriate for metal, but I think it would be a bad idea in the case of a whistle. 
With best regards,
Steve Mack
Maybe Iāll try that next.
Forgedda bout id.
What do you mean?
thanks Iāll try that 
I was going to try some WD-40 but after reading the back, decided not to. 
I suggest removing the rust first with some chemical aid - try some product sold for cars or home improvers. Then seal the rusty spot with some kind of varnish. I use a thin layer of 2-component super glue.
On the other hand, you could also just accept that these whistles have a limited life span and buy a new one when the rust problem becomes overwhelming!
Ahh. I would like to dispose of my old, rusty Sweetone and buy a new one. But, there is sentimental value attached.
My sweetone is rusted too, but I donāt mind since itās only a ?7 instrument, but Iāve just ordered a freeman-tweaked one (hopefully it will finally be my first in-tune whistle !) and thatās a little more expensive, ?20, so yea iād like to use it for at least a year or so this time
Arenāt you allowed to wash the whistle now and again ? I dip the fipple in some cleansing water (tablets used to clean bracers ^^ ) and wash them out now and again to clean them, cuz wellā¦ dunno if itās just with me, but after a while that really is necessary 
Or should i try to dry the inside after washing it, will that keep it from getting rusty ? Or is water always forbidden ?
same here.
plus none of the shops here have Dās in stock, always loads in C of all makes but Dās sell out so fast !
On the Clarke tinwhistle website it says you can wash it out with water. But, mine is probably so rusty because I didnāt dry it thoroughly.
Micky blue-eyes, I never thought about rust inside a whistle. What does it do? I spent hours scrubbing out the insides of a Generation Bb once cos there was flaking plastic crud in there after I took off the head.. what a pn in the neck..
Rust.What does it do? It looks terrible!
Yeah, what does it do? I mean, my Meg is getting spots of rust inside and I donāt care how it looks But I was wondering if it will make the whistle sound worse or anything? (I know, you can say āitās a 3 dollar Meg, why botheringā, but ā¦you knowā¦it has become My Whistle already, not just a 3 dollar Meg