[CAUT] lanolin in hammers

[Fred Sturm]

On Aug 5, 2010, at 10:34 PM, Greg Newell wrote:

> That would have been anhydrous lanolin, right? That's the same stuff I
> ordered from the drug store to make V.J. lube. Does it come in  
> another form?


Lanolin comes all sorts of ways. Chemists fool with it to change its  
character for a lot of applications. Next to what I got was a bottle  
of "100% lanolin oil." Some formulations are made so that it mixes  
better with water, for cosmetics use.
	Anyway, what I got is "NOW Solutions" brand, a 7 fl oz jar labeled  
"pure lanolin" "100%pure". Looking at the description on the label, it  
seemed to be pretty much what comes out of the wool, probably with  
minimal processing to get rid of the dirt and whatnot. And when I  
opened it, it had that unmistakable sheep smell.
	I expect anhydrous would work just the same, as would many other  
formulations. But probably some of them wouldn't, so I stuck with a  
natural product on the theory that I would put back what had been  
taken out, and couldn't go too far wrong.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
fssturm at unm.edu
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