applying graphite

[Scott Jackson]

I thought that "Dag" was the gunky graphite grease?

Scott Jackson


> Unfortunately, a lot of techs confuse dry graphite powder with the gunky
> "graphite grease" that was used in past decades by several manufacturers
> who smeared it all over repetition spring grooves in grands especially,
> but also on trapwork springs and elsewhere.  Because of this gunk,
> graphite in any form has gotten a bad rep.
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> For tops of dowel capstans, jacks, tops of repetition levers, etc., I
> used to use Dag, and sometimes still do, but prefer Emralon.
> --David Nereson, RPT