[TPIN] Anhydrous lanolin...

[Rich Uchytil]

I LOVE Nanette's slide grease, works great and lasts a long time.  I use 
it on my tuning slide only, I put BiNaK on my other slides.

Rich Uchytil


John Kool wrote:
> I used anhydrous lanolin since the 70's, also.
> You get it from a drug store.
> I never found it to get stiff with water or spit from inside the horn.
> It cuts well well with valve oil, or even petroleum jelly.
>
> If you want it pre-cut with petroleum jelly, you might try "udder 
> balm", which works nicely also.  It may be sold more places than drug 
> stores and was originally to soften cow teats and keep them from 
> drying and cracking.
>
> But I don't think it "plays well" with Binak lubricants, so I have 
> been using Nanette's slide grease for a while now.
>
> Albertson, Norbert wrote:
>> Don't you guys find that it absorbs water from inside the horn, and
>> loses its stiffness pretty quickly?
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>     Ditto, my first teacher Jack Holland turned me on to lanolin in
>> the late 70s. Been using it ever since.
>>
>>     > john lynch turned me on to lanolin, which doesn't dry out, but
>> stays
>>     > moveable and not too loose...dave lee
>>