VJ lube

[Greg Newell]

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Dave,
    Looks like you get a lot of use out of your supply. Thanks for the
tips!

Greg

Dave Nereson wrote:

>
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Greg Newell
>      To: Pianotech@ptg.org
>      Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 8:18 PM
>      Subject: VJ lube
>       O.K. folks,
>          I spent some time tonight making one incredible mess
>      making this
>      witches brew we call VJ-Lube. Could someone post the most
>      common uses
>      for this goop? I think I made more than enough to last for a
>      room full
>      of techs. BTW, how did this stuff get it's name anyway?
>
>      --I as well one night made enough VJ lube to last the rest
>      of my career.  It's named for Vick Jackson, a technician who
>      was supposedly well-known in the 70's & 80's --maybe he's
>      still out there.  It wasn't all that messy.  First you melt
>      Vaseline in a sauce pan, then saturate it with (unscented)
>      talc and add lanolin -- I have the proportions somewhere but
>      it would take me a while to find.  When well mixed, you let
>      it cool and stuff it into film cans or other small portable
>      containers.  I think it works great and a little dab'll do
>      ya -- no need to glop it on.  I use it on the bushings for
>      damper lifter rods, keyframe guide pins, dags, grand action
>      return springs, under the glide bolts, on any trapwork
>      springs, the tops of bottoms of pedal rods, the pivot pins
>      of pedals, sometimes on areas of "polyester squeak" (two
>      polished surfaces against each other), lid hinge pins that
>      are tight, almost anything that squeaks, but not on keypins,
>      center pins, or action springs (I usually polish the spring
>      and use a pencil in the slot there).  Also not to lube the
>      whole keybed for action shift -- there I vacuum first and
>      sparingly apply and rub-in unscented talc, just under the
>      front and back rails, with a small dab of VJ under the glide
>      bolts, or sometimes graphite or teflon powder.  Squeaky key
>      bushings where the pin is wearing felt down to the glue or
>      wood get powdered teflon (temporarily, until they can be
>      rebushed), since VJ would be a bit heavy or thick for
>      keypins.  Squeaky spoons also get powdered teflon.  I've
>      used VJ on the glides or channels for sliding fallboards, as
>      a temporary silencer of squeaky pedal lyres, lyre braces,
>      and also on screws to make them go in easier, if I don't
>      have Door-Ease or beeswax on hand.    Sometime in the late
>      70's, many manufacturers went from quality wood screws to
>      those thin, sharp-threaded, sharp-pointed, trumpet head
>      Phillips ones that look like drywall screws, and they ran
>      them in with power drivers and no lube.  Sometimes these are
>      hell and probably wrist-damaging to get out.  I always put
>      VJ lube on them before putting 'em back in.    I'd guess one
>      film can lasts me from 3 to 5 years (?).   Sincerely, David
>      Nereson
>




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