tedh1951

G'day All,

If you head off to the local Boat Shop, you will often find "spray-on" (aerosol) lanolin - I forget the trade name (and haven't tried it for trumpets yet) but it is used to protect outboard motors from the marine environment - we all may find it a useful alternative, and conveniently packaged and propelled.

I'd be interetsed to see if any of you boaties might have thought to use this stuff. I've got a can in the boatshed and will dig it out tomorrow whwn I am on the water - I might even post a comment - hold that thought.

Just as a lateral thought, my youngest son - the Trombonist - uses Dove cream for lubing his slides - don't tell his Mum, she has no idea were it all goes, and I'm not due for another bloodletting until I buy a new horn.

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Ted

tedh1951

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Originally Posted by tedh1951 G'day All,

Girls and Boys,

I've done a bit more research and the aerosol lanolin product I know is manufactured in Australia by Lanotec in Queensland as Heavy Duty Lanolin Liquid Aerosol. One of the trade names here is something like Lanocote. The Material Safety Data Sheet shows this product as having about 30% naptha as the solvent and other hydrocarbons for a propellant - so not to be used indoors or for those of you who choose to filter your incoming air through a cigarette and your exhaled air through a trumpet. (Thinks, that's a bit politically incorrect - perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned smoking.)

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Jurandr

Chopsaver works okay in an emergency. It'll last about two weeks and works pretty well. I still prefer it on my lips though!

dlewis

I knew an instrument repairman who used transmisson fluid on the 1 and 3 slide and stp on the tuning slide

rowuk

Dr. Z
The anhydrous lanolin works also with my baroque trumpet. I don't have a spit valve, so it gets taken apart quite a bit - and gets wet without thinning out!
Robin

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Dr. Zink

Thanks I'll give it a try. Makes sense actually given the origin and function of lanolin.

Dr.Z

Dave Mickley

I know some college trumpet players that use 30 weight motor oil, just not my cup of tea. I use the red selmer slide/cork grease, schilke slide grease in the little white jar and space filler - which ever I reach for first. Dave

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65Strad

For my main tuning slides and for the two part 3rd valve slides(Strad) I use some no name stuff in a small red plastic container that I got at Dillons about 10 years ago from Gerry Lopez. It's real viscous and the slides have a very deliberate and even pull, so they won't accidently hit the bell when pulling them out and dumping spit and for running a swab through the leadpipe.

For the 1st valve slide and third valve tuning slides, Hetman Tuning Slide Oil that is formulated specifically for those slides, real slick and smooth action. The stuff lasts forever. I have the same 0.75 fl oz. bottle for 10 years! It may be too slick for most 1st valve slides with a saddle (mine is a trigger) saddles could fall out too easily. Works great though.

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'65 Bach 181 37 SN#30836 Brand New
'66 Bach 180 37 SN#39773 Brand New
'69 Bach 181 37 SN#58831 Raw Brass
'72 Bach 180S 43 SN#70503 1st Valve Trigger
'05 Bach VBS 196 SN# 560142 A/Bb Piccolo
'07 Bach Chicago C SN#656602

uapiper

Hey all, I have an old DEG Signature flugel with vertical slides, the first slide always used to fall out after about ten minutes of playing. I tried a lot of things to hold it, I settled on hetman's slide grease No 9. That stuff is crazy sticky, too much really. That slide will never fall out again. I try to stick with synthetics now. Both in my horns and the cars.

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Barrington Flugelhorn
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ebogga

Hetman's works best for me. The slide grease is really thick, excellent for tuning slide+mostly everything else. On the triggers I put a dab of the slide grease and then some valve oil. Works OK.