I don't know about slide grease, but I've been using sewing machine oil on my valves with great results - costs 1/8 as much as the "good stuff" and is available everywhere. I think this is even mentioned in a Farkas book.
Mike On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:00 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send Horn mailing list submissions to > horn@music.memphis.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Horn digest..." > > > Please edit replies to include only relevant text. Please DO NOT include > the entire digest in your reply. For more netiquette information, see: > > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Blue Juice vs. Lamp Oil ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 2. UGA: Unconventional Greasers Anonymous (Valerie WELLS) > 3. Re: UGA: Unconventional Greasers Anonymous (Martin Bender) > 4. RE: UGA: Unconventional Greasers Anonymous (Trey Johnson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > message: 1 > date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:22:51 -0400 > from: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > subject: [Hornlist] Blue Juice vs. Lamp Oil > > My apologies in advance if this comes across with imbedded html code as I > am repsonding via web mail=2E > > The odorless lamp oil that is sold today is liquid paraffin which is simpl= > y > what we in the US call kerosene=2E It is not the same as the family of alk= > ane > hydrocarbons which includes paraffin wax and methane, nor is it the same a= > s > the medicianl form of liquid paraffin that is commonly known as mineral > oil=2E Just my two cents from the FWIW department=2E > > Dana Twiss > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web=2Ecom - Microsoft=AE Exchange solutions from a leading provider -= > > http://link=2Email2web=2Ecom/Business/Exchange > > > > > ------------------------------ > > message: 2 > date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:54:45 -0700 > from: Valerie WELLS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > subject: [Hornlist] UGA: Unconventional Greasers Anonymous > > > Speaker: Hi. My name is Ethyl. > Support group: Hello=2C Ethyl. > Ethyl: I'm an unconventional greaser. I use bacon grease on my slides. > Group=2C nodding w/ acceptance: It's okay Ethyl. You're not alone=2C > Ethy= > l. Tell us your story=2C Ethyl. Let it out=2C Ethyl. > Ethel: It started when I was very young=2C may be only 5 or 6 . . . > -------------- > > I know horn players who use unconventional lubricants on their slides: > > Bardahl=2C STP=2C gun grease=2C all purpose grease from the hardware > stor= > e. > > All of them have horns that perform very well. > > I've used castor oil for decades. > > Kjellrun > > > ------------------------------ > > message: 3 > date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:10:22 -0400 > from: Martin Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > subject: Re: [Hornlist] UGA: Unconventional Greasers Anonymous > > Hi Valerie, > > I'd say you're in the running for "post of the year" honours. > > Sincerely, > martin bender > > > On 10-Sep-08, at 7:54 PM, Valerie WELLS wrote: > > > > > Speaker: Hi. My name is Ethyl. > > Support group: Hello, Ethyl. > > Ethyl: I'm an unconventional greaser. I use bacon grease on my > > slides. > > Group, nodding w/ acceptance: It's okay Ethyl. You're not alone, > > Ethyl. Tell us your story, Ethyl. Let it out, Ethyl. > > Ethel: It started when I was very young, may be only 5 or 6 . . . > > -------------- > >> I know horn players who use unconventional lubricants on their > >> slides: > >> Bardahl, STP, gun grease, all purpose grease from the hardware store. > >> All of them have horns that perform very well. > > > > I've used castor oil for decades. > > > > Kjellrun > > _______________________________________________ > > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/embee%40magma.ca > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > message: 4 > date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:23:16 -0500 > from: Trey Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > subject: RE: [Hornlist] UGA: Unconventional Greasers Anonymous > > > That's HILARIOUS! My only issue is that it's bacon grease abuse!> From: > val= > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: horn@music.memphis.edu> Date: Wed=2C 10 Sep 2008 > 16= > :54:45 -0700> Subject: [Hornlist] UGA: Unconventional Greasers Anonymous> > >= > > Speaker: Hi. My name is Ethyl.> Support group: Hello=2C Ethyl.> Ethyl: > I= > 'm an unconventional greaser. I use bacon grease on my slides.> Group=2C > no= > dding w/ acceptance: It's okay Ethyl. You're not alone=2C Ethyl. Tell us > yo= > ur story=2C Ethyl. Let it out=2C Ethyl.> Ethel: It started when I was very > = > young=2C may be only 5 or 6 . . .> --------------> > I know horn players > wh= > o use unconventional lubricants on their slides:> > Bardahl=2C STP=2C gun > g= > rease=2C all purpose grease from the hardware store.> > All of them have > ho= > rns that perform very well.> > I've used castor oil for decades.> > > Kjellru= > n> _______________________________________________> post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > = > s.edu> unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/opti= > ons/horn/treyjohnson37%40hotmail.com<http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/opti=ons/horn/treyjohnson37%40hotmail.com> > _________________________________________________________________ > Get more out of the Web. 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