What are some good ways to clean a clarinet mouthpiece?

Question: What are some good ways to clean a clarinet mouthpiece!?
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After you've been playing your clarinet for awhile, you will see crusty white stuff and/or gunky brown stuff building up on your mouthpiece!. The white stuff is mostly a calcium deposit, and you don't want to know what the brown stuff is!.!.!. Not only does this buildup taste and look horrible, but it also affects your playing!. However, if it is not properly removed, your instrument may be damaged!.

Remove your mouthpiece from the case!. Take off the mouthpiece cap and ligature, and remove a pad-saver, if you have one for your mouthpiece!. Fill a small, shallow cup with just enough water that, when placed inside, the mouthpiece will get wet up to where the ligature usually sits!. Rip a good-sized paper towel into 4 equal pieces!. Pile one on top of another and place them on the bottom of the mouthpiece, covering the cork!. Secure them in place by wrapping a rubber band around the base, under the cork line!. This will be your cork's only defense against the water, should you drop the mouthpiece!. Dip the blowing end of the mouthpiece into the water!. Hold it upright for a few seconds, then take it out!. Gently scrape at the gunk with the mouthpiece brush!. Continue dunking and scraping until the mouthpiece is clean!.
Using a towel or washcloth, Wipe the water off the outside of the mouthpiece!. Do not take the paper towels off yet! Then, turn the mouthpiece upside down and gently shake the water out onto the towel!. Finally, use a tissue to remove excess water from the inside!. Remove the paper towels and check for and remove any water that might have avoided the paper towels and soiled your cork!. Let the mouthpiece dry on a table, upside down if possible, for about an hour!. Then, put the mouthpiece back in its case!.

TIPS: If you don't have a mouthpiece brush, you can also use your fingernail!. Just be careful not to scratch the instrument!.
Just to be on the safe side, don't grease your corks after washing!. the water on the corks (if there is any) may cause the cork grease to slip off, not work, or the grease could simply trap the water and rot the corks!.

WARNINGS: Do Not let your cork touch the water!. The water exposure will cause it to rot faster, look awful, and it may not hold your instrument together properly, which is always a hazard!.
The water should be room-temperature, not boiling hot or freezing cold!. Get too hot, and you may actually burn or melt some of the mouthpiece! Especially if you have been playing for a long time, there will be little teeth marks on the mouthpiece!. This is not mouth gunk and cannot be removed, so don't try!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The mouthpiece! Mild soap/ detergent and water! Only use a LITTLE though , scrub it with a mouthpiece brush and rinse it well!Www@QuestionHome@Com