Ballistol is a mixture of mineral oils, I do not like its use on center pins as it is too heavy for that use. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 8:29 PM Subject: Re: which lubes? > Ron and Joe, > Actually I think it is silicone. I believe I saw on the McMaster > Carr web site that there is silicon in the mix. > > Greg Newell > > > > At 03:24 PM 2/27/2005, you wrote: > >>Jason, > >>To reiterate, (sigh!), LPS-1. I've been using it for most of my career. > >>It lubes well. Does not leave a residue, but slowly flashes off. > > > >Joe, > >Since it contains "petroleum oil" > >http://www.lpslabs.com/Products/MSDS/10116.pdf , it pretty much has to > >leave something behind after the solvent evaporates. I wonder if it's > >parifin oil, like Ballistol. > > > >Ron N > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Greg Newell > Greg's piano Forté > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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