Klarinet Archive - Posting 000395.txt from 1996/01

From: jay eric niepoetter <niep@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Cork Grease
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 01:32:17 -0500

Just confessing... When I get desperate, sometimes I use cork grease as
chapstick for my lips. I'm I alone in this very sad and slightly
disgusting behavior?

On Sat, 20 Jan 1996, Janis A. Brown wrote:

> Phil: I have always heard never use Vasoline on my corks. A repairman told
> me once that the petroleum in the Vasoline is not absorbed by the corks.
> Therefore it just all collects on the tenon and does no good. Plus, once
> it has collected on the tenon, it begins to react with the cork, breaking
> down its water repellent capacities and thus shortening the corks life. I
> do not know if this is trye or not but.. I usually stay away from using
> Vasoline on my corks.
> JAB
>
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