Klarinet Archive - Posting 000575.txt from 1996/10

From: Roger Shilcock
Subj: Re: Cork grease on wood/ mink oil (fwd)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 03:52:08 -0400

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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 19:11:07 +0100
From: Frances M Robinson <intm5%york.ac.uk@-----.UK>
Subject: Re: Cork grease on wood/ mink oil

What about the poor little minks? USE CORK GREASE (unless thats made of
minks too, then we'll have to use KY jelly or something, I don't know...)

Frances

On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Steve Prescott wrote:

> >If you use mink oil instead of the commercial cork grease preparations,
> >all your grease problems will go away.
>
> snip
>
> Fred,
>
> I've used mink oil before and it does work. However, it does have a
> limited shelf life. As with lanolin, it turns rancid.
>
> Steve.
>
>
>
> Steve Prescott
> Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist
> Indiana State University
> mipresc@-----.edu
>

Frances is too young to know about KY jelly - so am I.
If mink oil is a silicone product, then why should it go rancid? Is the
silicone product dissolved in something involving fatty acids?
Roger Shilcock