Lube types..where's the lanolin??

[pianolover 88]

I have called countless pharmacies/drug stores; none carry anhydrous 
lanolin! They say they can order ONLY "Hydrous", which is like face creme. 
In a pinch, would anyone ever use white lithium grease? It is readily 
available, cheap, and would seem a decent alternative for lubing trapwork. I 
know piano suppliers sell it. And what about vaseline and talc without the 
lanolin..at least until I can find some? What say you all?

Terry Peterson
Precision Piano Service
Torrance, CA




> > VJ Lube has proven to be the longest lasting of all the stuf
> > available.  Make it yourself, Vaseline, talcum powder and lanolin.
> > Melt the first, mix in the second until thick at the third, about 1/3
> > the amopunt of the first, put in a film can and let cool.  Good stuff.
>
>------------------------------------------------------
>
>The only addition -- change -- I would make is to change the amount of
>talcum powder to a half-and-half mixture of talcum powder and Teflon 
>powder.
>I call it VJ-T Lube. It works even better than the original.
>
>Fill up a plastic 35 mm film can and you'll have enough for many a piano.
>
>Del
>
>(PS. I also used a motorcycle to transport myself and a limited quantity of
>tools and materials around for piano servicing back in the 1970s. Great
>fun.)
>



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