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kehaulani
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Does it really matter that much? Jeez, the purpose is just to find an oil you are happy with. Why not let the pros choose for you and be done with it?
If it's too heavy use something lighter.
It it's too light, use something heavier.
If you really care, then answer original or synthetic?
When I was coming up, most slapped some Vaseline on it an forgot about it.
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Speed
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:32 am Post subject: |
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It matters to me on the third slide, where I want it really slick. On the other slides, not so much.
I bought a jar of the pharmaceutical grade lanolin on Amazon for under $10 about three years ago. It's still roughly half full. I use it on the tuning slide, dump slide, 2nd valve slide and on the 1st valve of horns without a saddle, so it goes a long way.
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RL
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sheep grease for years...but have no stock anymore.
Now Hetmann 4 and Conn Trombone slidegrease mixed.
Or Hetmann 4 mixed with a drop of rotary oil... |
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cheiden
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| RL wrote: | sheep grease for years...but have no stock anymore.
Now Hetmann 4 and Conn Trombone slidegrease mixed.
Or Hetmann 4 mixed with a drop of rotary oil... |
From a brief internet search...
"Sheep grease. That’s right – sheep grease. Also referred to as wool wax or wool grease, and often more technically (read: inoffensively) called lanolin."
Easily found in places that sell maternity/baby supplies. Look for nipple cream.
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laser170323
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| I have a loose tuning slide (I should get it fixed), but in the meantime I use Dow Corning vacuum grease. This is the stuff chemists use to lubricate fittings in glass vacuum systems on a lab bench. It comes in a tube and is enough to last several lifetimes. This stuff is thick and viscous and doesn't vary with temperature. It works better than lanolin because it doesn't melt when mixed with valve oil and get into your valves. The vacuum grease lasts one or two weeks when applied to the tuning and second valve slides. It's too thick to use on the first and third slides. |
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dr_trumpet
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| Dale Proctor wrote: | | I use the red Selmer slide grease and cut it with a drop or two of Blue Juice on the 1st and 3rd slides. |
Dale,
The red Selmer stuff is no longer available. BUT, Bach has the formula and it is now called Bach tuning slide grease. Same great stuff, different container.
HTH,
AL
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liscagle
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:26 am Post subject: |
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| anhydrous lanolin is good |
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