Hi Terry Try a store that sells glass jars for canning. The wax in Candles is not often pure parafin, it has additives to make it burn longer, drip free and with a higher melting point. At 08:06 AM 07/05/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Roger. What type of place would sell parafine wax? > >Terry Farrell > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:30 AM >Subject: Re: Capo D'Astro Lubricant > > >> >> Hi John, >> Using dag is just plain messy, it is also hygroscopic ( >> attracts moisture) so DON'T use it on these points. I have been using >> parafine wax for years with great results for string rendering. It will >> stay where you put it and the film prevents rust. Ideal in your Maritime >> climate. >> Guess you were not sleeping in my string class. <G> gee you had me fooled >> again. >> Have a great day. >> Roger >> >> At 07:08 AM 7/4/01 -0300, you wrote: >> >Hi List, >> >After dressing the Capo D'Astro, I was going to use Dag, then I >remembered >> >that >> >someone had suggested paraffin wax. >> >What is the recommended lubricant? >> >Thank you. >> >Regards, >> >John M. Ross >> >Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada >> >piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca >> > >> > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts mailto:drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.xoasis.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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