Eclipse slide grease?

mike ansberry · 01-21-2006, 02:09 PM

Hey Leigh!

The grease that was on the slides on my MR when it came from Eclipse was some of the slickest stuff I've seen on slides. What is it?

Tootsall · 01-21-2006, 02:13 PM

See Liad's post about stopping pettiness now.

*snicker*

Dan Millheim · 01-21-2006, 06:35 PM

Hey Mike!

<-----------My XLR "seperated at birth" from yours.

say hey to your MR from us!

I use basic grease (selmer i think?) with a bit of zaja blue valve oil and it works great.

Maybe Leigh will come out with slide grease along with his new valve oil?

mike ansberry · 01-22-2006, 12:18 PM

I use STP automotive oil additive. On slides like the tuning slide and 2nd valve slide I use it straight out of the bottle. On the kickers I mix it with valve oil until I get the consistency I like. STP never drys out, so slides don't freeze up. On my personal horn, that isn't an issue, but i have school horns that have sat in the cabinet unused for a year and still had free slides.

But even my STP concoction isn't as smooth as what Eclipse shipped the horn with.

mrfabulous963 · 01-22-2006, 02:04 PM

I use a combination of Schilke Slide Grease and some Trombotine Slide Cream,
works nicely

01-21-2006, 02:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Dan Millheim Pianissimo User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fort Worth ,TX Posts: 236	Hey Mike! <-----------My XLR "seperated at birth" from yours. say hey to your MR from us! I use basic grease (selmer i think?) with a bit of zaja blue valve oil and it works great. Maybe Leigh will come out with slide grease along with his new valve oil?
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01-22-2006, 12:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
mike ansberry Piano User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Posts: 316	I use STP automotive oil additive. On slides like the tuning slide and 2nd valve slide I use it straight out of the bottle. On the kickers I mix it with valve oil until I get the consistency I like. STP never drys out, so slides don't freeze up. On my personal horn, that isn't an issue, but i have school horns that have sat in the cabinet unused for a year and still had free slides. But even my STP concoction isn't as smooth as what Eclipse shipped the horn with.
	__________________ "Music is a fire in your belly that has to come out of your mouth, so you'd better put a horn in the way before someone gets hurt" (paraphrase of Bleeding Gums Murphy)

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Tootsall Fortissimo User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Yee HAW! Posts: 4,641	See Liad's post about stopping pettiness now. snicker

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mrfabulous963 Piano User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 287	I use a combination of Schilke Slide Grease and some Trombotine Slide Cream, works nicely

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