transporting lubricants

[Ed Carwithen]

At 05:00 PM 12/07/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear List,
>Concerning the question of availability of hypodermic needles: that's
>regulated by state law. Here in Massachusetts you need a MD
>prescription, but other states are more lenient.
>I used (tried using) a 5 cc syringe left over from my nursing practice
>to apply Protek and found that the Protek was not very controllable and
>oozed out even when no pressure was applied. Any suggestions?
>Thanks --
>Dorrie Bell
>Associate Member, PTG
>

Last summer at Potters Advanced Training seminar, Dave Swartz suggested
going into a well stocked hobby shop for ideas.  I found one!  
  There was a sort of plastic "hypodermic" looking device for putting oil
in difficult places.  The "needle" end has about a one inch curved "needle"
(for want of a better description).  On to this one can put a short piece
(2 inch) of bendable plastic tubing.  On the end of the tubing I insert a
small hollow 9-10 inch brass tube (all of the parts bought at same hobby
store).

  this contraption looks a bit strange, but is great for protek use.  You
can suck the solution into the body of the "hypodermic" right through the
end of the longer tubing, and the length of the tubing will reach dang near
anyplace in the action that needs protek.  With the right hand guiding the
end of the tube, and the left controlling the amount of fluid use, this
device is really the way to go.

  I got actual hypodermic needles from my druggist, and have discarded them
as being much less convenient than what is described above.  The end of the
needle (no matter how long) was always just a bit shorter than I needed to
reach.

Good luck..

Ed Carwithen
John Day, OR