Re: [Harp-L] Graphite lubricant for slides?

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Graphite IS 'plumbago lead'. Not exactly plumbing lead..but not good. Unless you liked chewing on school pencils. Hey, you may as well eat that eraser too..right? It's only rubber. Wrong..it contains ground glass and pumice. But back to the graphite. Grind up a modern fishing rod. Use it like you would pepper. Jeez Daniel you scare the sh*t out of me sometimes. lolololololol. Me? I would use thinned mineral oil. Like trumpet/trombone slide oil. 

smo-joe

p.s Btw, the erasers can be used to tune reeds. They are like Sho-Foo Brownie rotary tool abraders. I like the ink erasers.  

On Aug 28, 2014, at 6:10 PM, Mike Wilbur wrote:

> Oh I agree that water alone isn't the answer but mine are jammed if I don't rinse.
> And if your comfortable with graphite ...go for it Daniel :)
> 
> Mike Wilbur
> 
> 
>> On Aug 28, 2014, at 5:36 PM, Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Mike
>> 
>> I have briefly looked at the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for a few graphite lub products and I am presently not convinced that it poses a significant health risk as a slide lub. I'm just curious and I don't plan on using it just yet.
>> 
>> I wish water rinses alone would keep my slides functioning as well as I like but they don't. 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel
>> 
>> 
>>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Geez Daniel I wouldn't want to inhale graphite...my limited experience with the 270's and
>>> my lovely Saxony is the immediate rinse keeping the silva from causing problems and there are some non toxic silicone sprays ( SCUBA regulators ) available.
>>> Hohner probably is using a similar oil.
>>> 
>>> Mike Wilbur
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 28, 2014, at 4:36 PM, Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all
>>>> 
>>>> Has anybody tried graphite lubricant for the slide of their chromatic harp?
>>>> Does it work better than the Hohner slide oil? BTW, what is the composition
>>>> of the Hohner slide oil?
>>>> 
>>>> Daniel
>>