<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/5/2004 12:11:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, smartin@dodo.com.au writes:</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Steve</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  It's a natural ingredient/lubrication <U>Protecte= nt</U> (not a word) in the wool & much is washed out in the initial wool cleaning & washing process & the excess ends up available for purchase but as far reintroducing it to wool, I've not heard of this.  Besides only so much is beneficial for the health of wool fiber & I beli= eve too much interferes with the felting process itself. I'd like to have a verification of this. David Stanwood will know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Hello all<BR>I read on last mnoths list where someone talked about lanolin and hammer <BR>bushings - what does this do? Does it stiffen and make the bush  hold a <BR>centre pin better? In what form does this product co= me and how is it <BR>applied to bushings - I've never heard of it before.<BR>Thanks<BR><BR>Steve.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>