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Author: LJBraaten
Date: 2011-12-19 03:18
Hi all, I'm out of chapstick and the nearest store is 50 miles. I have several tubes of cork grease, and I'm wondering if this will work on chapped lips.
LJ
Laurie (he/him)
Post Edited (2011-12-19 03:20)
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Author: huda
Date: 2011-12-19 03:26
as long as its not ingested, its not toxic, but i still wouldnt.......its kinda creepy. why not use vegetable shortening? it should work.
huda
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2011-12-19 11:29
I have some Selmer labelled cork grease that looks, smells and feels identical with my wifes chapstick.
Tony F.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-12-19 16:30
I've heard that cyanide smells like almonds, but that's no reason to top Bakewell tarts with it!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: LJBraaten
Date: 2011-12-19 18:03
Chris P wrote:
> I've heard that cyanide smells like almonds, but that's no
> reason to top Bakewell tarts with it!
>
![[tongue]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie6.gif) Don't think corkgrease would even taste that good!
Laurie (he/him)
Post Edited (2011-12-19 20:22)
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2011-12-19 20:15
This is funny because a while back someone asked the opposite, if Chapstick can be used as cork grease. They do look something alike don't they? ESP
eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: LJBraaten
Date: 2011-12-19 20:22
ED Palanker wrote:
> This is funny because a while back someone asked the opposite,
> if Chapstick can be used as cork grease. They do look
> something alike don't they? ESP
> eddiesclarinet.com
Busted! (I was beginning to think no one would notice).
Ok, confession time. ![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif) As some others may also have recognized, an inspiration for my question comes from the thread "Corkgrease Substitute." See:
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=361646&t=361646, where someone asks if chapstick would work as corkgrease in a pinch.
But the post is not entirely tongue in check ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif) since the final inspiration was an incident during my last practice session. I usually wash my hands thoroughly after applying corkgrease (with thumb and forefinger) to avoid getting any on the mouthpiece or reed (I've had sliding reed problems before). At the end of the last session I decided to apply a little grease (Doctor Slick, "with slippery elm bark) before I put the instrument away. Since I didn't need to wash (not any handling reeds) I rubbed the excess on my dry hands, seemed to work as good as Burt's Bees Hand Balm. Even applied a little to my face. But truth is, I wouldn't risk it (or Burt's Bees Balm) as chapstick. Besides, it's too expensive for that! (although I do have a few tubes of conventional corkgrease lying around from my "pre-Doctor" days).
LJ.
Disclaimer: I do not receive any promotional fees from the Doctor, nor from Burt (nor Ernie).
Laurie (he/him)
Post Edited (2011-12-19 20:25)
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2011-12-19 21:42
Y'know, I was wondering what remote place (St. Helena?) you were living, being 50mi from the next chapstick outlet. But hey, what do I know about the dwelling habits of the clientele in here.
If I were that far off civilization, I'd probably sacrifice some of the lard on my nightstand.
--
Ben
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Author: LJBraaten
Date: 2011-12-20 05:38
Ha! Hard to believe, but true, 50 miles, unless I take the slower road up canyon, which is 30 miles. Makes it hard to get home before the ice cream melts, for sure. We'd spend a fortune on gas if we didn't drive a hybrid. No lard on the nightstand, just a supply of white gas and propane canisters for the lanterns when the power goes out. Oh, and lots of wood for the woodstove in the winter. And no neighbors to complain about the clarinet squeaking out the high notes.
LJ
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2011-12-20 13:46
Yes, corkgrease can serve as lip balm. Don't ask me how I know this. Yes, it tastes a bit funny. I suspect both products are basically paraffin wax.
Perhaps we can get Doc Omar to develop a dual-purpose cork grease/lip balm for clarinetists? Reminds me of the old Saturday Night Live skit (I think it was) of a fake television ad: "It's a floor wax! It's a dessert topping! It's both!"
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2011-12-20 20:22
David Spiegelthal wrote:
> Yes, corkgrease can serve as lip balm. Don't ask me how I know
> this. Yes, it tastes a bit funny. I suspect both products are
> basically paraffin wax.
If you're thinking of the same stuff I am thinking of...it contains mind-expanding substances. ![[rotate]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley25.gif)
Then again, it might not. I think it's the same as believing in reso shapes, keywork plating or ligature colours.
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Ben
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Author: BobD
Date: 2011-12-20 21:16
Didn't Spinal Tap do that song......"Lard On My Nightstand".............
Bob Draznik
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Author: BobD
Date: 2011-12-20 21:18
Sorry Ben, I think you meant on your music stand.........
Bob Draznik
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Author: sylvangale
Date: 2011-12-24 04:09
I have accidently applied Doctor's product cork grease to my lips and it was not pleasant at all. It was very stiff and sticky and didn't come off easily.
♫ Stephen K.
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Author: nosqueaks
Date: 2011-12-24 04:48
Back in college (the 70's for me) I used vitamin E capsules for lip moistening. I'd take a thumbtack and make a little hole and squeeze some on my lips- soaked in fairly quickly. Easy to wipe off the excess too- The fall weather in SoCal with the Santa Ana winds could turn your lips into cracked parchment!
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Author: jim lande
Date: 2011-12-30 18:51
David wrote: Perhaps we can get Doc Omar to develop a dual-purpose cork grease/lip balm for clarinetists?
Stephan wrote: "I have accidently applied Doctor's product cork grease to my lips and it was not pleasant at all. It was very stiff and sticky and didn't come off easily."
Bingo. I keep the Dr Slick handy and use it whenever I get chapped lips. Tastes good but has a little bit of an after taste. The Dr has affirmed that the ingredients -- beeswax, olive oil & slippery elm bark -- are all edible. I even got my kid to try it and he was happy with it. And, it doesn't soak through & loosen cork cement like some types of cork grease. Available in tubes or plastic screw top tubs.
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Author: LJBraaten
Date: 2012-01-23 19:58
I apologize for reviving this dead thread, but I thought I should share. The other night at our 2 hour band rehearsal my lips were dry and feeling a little parched. I began thinking about that container corkgrease in my case, and *almost reached for it. If my lips had been a little worse and the rehearsal a little longer (and had I not known there was chapstick in the car), I think I would have succumbed.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2012-01-23 21:58
You should have gone for the grease. You would certainly have lived to report on it here (and then I would not be the only one to have admitted publicly to having used cork grease as lip balm). ![[frown]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie2.gif)
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Hmmm.... perhaps we have here more than a chapstick substitute! Maybe we can mix it with Peanut butter (for a peanut butter and Dr. Slick sandwich) or cook with it...