[CAUT] Teflon AND verdigris?

[Keith Roberts]

Sometimes you have to say the wrong thing to get the right answer, Thanks
guys. I'm always checking to keep the brain files updated and intact.

I always thought it smelled like a flavored cooking oil. Oil from vegetable
seeds. Anise seeds. That's vegetable oil isn't it?

My question, most all products are biodegrade but does that mean it remains
ph stable as it does so? Non toxic means to humans. There are substances we
eat that will corrode brass easily.

I still don't like using oil on center pins. Oils dry up as they collect
substances from the air. Oiled bearings are only good as long as you keep
oiling them with fresh oil or seal them so the oil cant get contaminated or
sneak away.

Alkaline salts of an acid. I know what it means, it just looks funny.

Keith Roberts

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:22 PM, <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> wrote:

>  "Ballistol is made from medical grade mineral oil, alkaline salts of
> oleic acid, several alcohols, Benzyl Acetate and oil from vegetable seeds.
> The smell comes from medicinal Anethole oil, which is derived from the Anise
> plant. Ballistol is biodegradable and non-toxic"
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> And I always thought it smelled like whale oil.
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> David Love
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 9:38:37 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Teflon AND verdigris?
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>  > Ballistol is a vegetable oil product. I don't want to put vegetable oil
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> > on a piano. It travels, collects dust and dries up getting gummy
> > eventually. It needs solvents to keep it spreadable
> >
> > Keith Roberts
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> When did Callisto quit being a paraffin oil mix? But then
> maybe anything petroleum based is ultimately a vegetable oil
> derivative, if you squint just right? Against all odds, I seem
> to have missed the memo again.
>
> Ron N
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