capo lube?

[Fred Sturm]

Ken,
	Can you give a few more details about CRC? Any lubricating properties?
Is it a hard coating when dry, with structure more or less like paint,
or does it remain liquid like oil? Any notion at all of chemical
components? (Half gallon cans sounds like much more than I would use in
several lifetimes).
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico

Kenneth P. Eschete wrote:
> 
> Fred,
> In making my own inquires about products that inhibit the formation of rust
> without causing any intrusive damage, I have gotten advise from the metal
> objects conservators at Colonial Williamsburg that has led me to use a
> product called CRC.  I obtained it from the local industrial hardware
> supply house in 1/2 gallon cans.  Application is easily controlled with a
> needle tip bottle, and I have used it to dress capo bars with the strings
> still in place.  The advantage of this product is that it forms a coating
> on the metal which inhibits the return of rust without doing anything that
> is chemically destructive.
> 
> Contact me for more details if you can't find it.
> 
> Ken Eschete
> Northwestern University

> Kenneth P. Eschete
> Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.  USA
> k-eschete@nwu.edu