Ryan Sowers wrote: > I've always heard it's a no-no on pianos but I haven't heard exactly > why. I know some technicians who use it. What is the main downside of it. It's a petroleum distillate that evaporates down to a thick goo in a short time - a "fix" that dramatically shortens the service life of the parts. I'd call that a downside. > Another lubricant I've seen other techs use is LPS-1. An old mentor of > mine used it for a lot of piano related lubricating so I used it for a > while when i was starting out. However, I noticed that most high level > technicians were not using it so I stopped. Anyone have thought on LPS-1? http://www.apexvalve.com/uploads/LPS_1_Greaseless_Lubricant.pdf It's a petroleum distillate too, "greaseless" or not. I'm not familiar with this stuff first hand, so I can't say if there's a downside to it's use. Ron N
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