Re: [Harp-L] sticky slides

[Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

Yes.  The floor wax or auto-body wax is carnauba wax that, when polished, makes a slick, thin, hard, dry, shiny coating.  Candle wax is paraffin that stays soft and gummy. I don’t recommend paraffin, candle, or bee’s waxes on a slide. Surfers use soft wax on their boards to keep their feet from slipping..especially when it picks up a little sand.  

Vern

On Sep 2, 2014, at 10:39 PM, Harp Explorer <harpexplorer1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've occasionally rubbed a beeswax candle on something which needed
> lubrication.
> 
> Is there an advantage to the floor wax over rubbing edges with a candle?
> 
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> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Sep 1, 2014, at 10:24 AM, JON KIP <jon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> Yes, Vern, I see that I did forget your floor polish method, sorry,
>> thanks for the reminder.  I do have a can of it here, and have tried it
>> (once) with no real thoughtful testing, I think I just wanted to see how it
>> tasted.
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>> I have been finding off-label uses for Johnson’s wax since I helped my
>> kids win trophies by using it to lubricate the wheels of little “Pinewood
>> Derby” race cars in the '60’s.
>> 
>> It has very little taste or odor if you use it sparingly, polish it well,
>> and give it some time for the solvents to evaporate.  I inquired about its
>> possible toxicity.  Johnson’s said that it wouldn’t taste very good but
>> that eating a spoonful would not harm you.  If the amount used in a
>> harmonica were harmful, polishing a floor with it would be fatal.
>> 
>> I believe that it is very effective under valves.  On a slide it is like
>> chicken soup…can’t hurt and might help.
>> 
>> Vern
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