Hello Julia & Bo
Thanks for the warning. To be fair to Ian he's the sort of guy that
doesn't laquer his pipes or use plastic mounts. He was recommending
this purely for keeping natural wood and nickel silver clean
and looking good.
On the olive oil question those who used/use it (Clough, Caisley,
Hillery, Nelson et al) were from the era when it was sold in 50ml
bottles from the chemists to soften ear wax.
It was/is probably the (almost) pure triester (between glycerol and
oleic acid) and so being short on tasty bits (including minute bits of
olive) it would have been reasonable to use. Mike Nelson still uses it
and reckons if you look after your pipes/play them regularly it will be
problem free.
But, as Julia so rightly says, opinion is divided!
Anyone remember a similar line in "The Dosing of the Hoggs"? A very
kittle business.
Anthony
--- On Fri, 14/1/11, Julia Say <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Julia Say <[email protected]>
Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] re-conditioning ...
To: "'Northumbrian Small Pipes'" <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, 14 January, 2011, 14:33
On 14 Jan 2011, Bo Albrechtsen wrote:
> . Care should be taken to keep it
> off anything painted or lacquered and also it tends to break down
many
> plastic-materials in a slow process that may not become noticed
before
> tiny cracks begin to develop in the plastic long time after the
lemon
> oil was used.
So possibly deleterious to "alternative ivory" unless you want that
antique
"cracked chanter foot" look!
Julia
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