I can't see LP getting too sticky - I have never noticed that happen.
There isn't much chemistry can take place, short of lighting it, and the
volatile components should have been distilled off at the refinery. If heavier
fractions did build up, the most obvious solvent for shifting it would
On 13 Jan 2010, Gibbons, John wrote:
I can't see LP getting too sticky - I have never noticed that happen.
There isn't much chemistry can take place
I think we are neglecting, or perhaps underestimating would be a better term,
the
effect of individual players' finger surface chemistry.
I
I was advised to use linseed oil on a flute, is this a big no-no for
pipes?
2010/1/13 John Liestman [1]j...@liestman.com
Well, since you asked, I personally use neatsfoot but liquid parafin
(UK-speak for what US folks call mineral oil) is fine too. In my
case, I only use
Now about all this oil stuff . . .
Olive oil, neatsfoot oil, almond oil. All these vegetable or animal sourced
substances are pretty variable depending on how and where they have been grown
and how they have been processed. They will for example have varying levels of
acidity and capability of
On 13 Jan 2010, at 11:01, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I love this word snotomer but confess I haven't met it before,
You haven't played the nose-flute, then?
Francis
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This topic has produced many exchanges so slightly hesitant to contribute,
however here goes.
Julia sums up my position with LP and I have been using it for some years.
Before that I used Almond oil and before that Neatsfoot both of which worked
well for me .
I play my instrument regularly and
Linseed oil is famous for polymerising - hence its use in paint historically.
It would clag up a wooden flute something horrible. I doubt if it would stick
too badly to metal though.
Quantz suggested almond oil.
John
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On 13 Jan 2010, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I love this word snotomer but confess I haven't met it before,
neither has Google, it appears... I can sort of guess...
Please explain, with footnotes where appropriate :)
I worked for 10 years in a polymer research unit in the 90s, and the word
I'd guess it's been around since Tudor times,
there is the urban myth that Henry VIII wrote
Greensleeves..
Tim
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From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
To: Richard York rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
Cc: julia@nspipes.co.uk; NSP group
- it's the smell of the stuff, isn't it? Snotomer is an anagram of Rot
m' nose, a Georgian oath.Jim
tim rolls BT wrote:
I'd guess it's been around since Tudor times,
there is the urban myth that Henry VIII wrote
Greensleeves..
Tim
- Original Message - From:
OK Tom Childs, happy you asked?
Best wishes.
Steve
On 1/13/10 7:07 AM, Jim Grant j...@millgreens.f2s.com wrote:
- it's the smell of the stuff, isn't it? Snotomer is an anagram of Rot
m' nose, a Georgian oath.Jim
tim rolls BT wrote:
I'd guess it's been around since Tudor times,
Yes - thanks!
R
Julia Say wrote:
On 13 Jan 2010, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I love this word snotomer but confess I haven't met it before,
neither has Google, it appears... I can sort of guess...
Please explain, with footnotes where appropriate :)
I worked for 10 years in a polymer
Interesting comments.
As I said, I've used a few oils (usually flavour of the month on this list)
over the past 38 years (since I got my set of pipes) and almond oil was
always my favourite followed by pure lavender oil (both medicinal quality)
although the latter resulted in some odd looks
I can attest to extremes of skin chemistry. At a gig once where I was
playing electric guitar another band asked to borrow our gear for a
song or two. I lent their guitarist my newly-strung instrument, and
when he returned it a few minutes later the strings were rusty and
dead.
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