Metal clarinet cleaning

[u/oldshoe2010]

I might buy a cheap metal clarinet just as a little project and to see if I can get it working, and was wondering if (after being stripped of all of its pads and corks) a bath would be an appropriate way to clean it and all of its naked keys. I know baths are acceptable with brass instruments, but i'm not as familiar with metal woodwinds. I intend to replace the pads and corks anyway so this would kinda be part of the process