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tedh1951 · 04-03-2008, 08:17 PM

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G'day All,

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Originally Posted by tedh1951

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 when 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.

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.)