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 Re: How to wax a clarinet?
Author: L. Omar Henderson 
Date:   2008-07-15 18:20

The microcrystalline waxes give a very thin coat and are harder than petroleum or Carnauba waxes but will wear off keys relatively quickly. The surface is not slippery as with some waxes and does not change the key feel - at least for me - significantly. The nice thing about these waxes (also a bad thing since they have a solvent vehicle, is that they dry out unless kept in an airtight seal) is that they are redissolved by subsequent applications and tend not to build up like the floor wax example given earlier. Some have used RainX applied to keys which is a polymer film which is quite a bit tougher than microcrystalline wax and also is not slippery - in my experience. Clear nail polish is probably the toughest but tends to chip off and look bad between applications (perhaps a weekly trip to the nail salon is in order here !!).
L. Omar Henderson
www.doctorsprod.com
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