[pianotech] Re VJ Lube

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Wed Sep 16 20:12:27 MDT 2009


Jon Page wrote:
> With all due respect to Victor Johnson, the formulator of VJ Lube;
> is lanolin and talcum powder needed with the substitution of Teflon powder?

If you want to make Authentic VJ lube, you have to follow the 
original recipe. If you just want to make your own version of 
first rate slickum, you can put anything you like in it.


> I think not with my experience of a petroleum jelly and Teflon powder mix.
> What is Teflon actually mixed with to form the 'powder'? Could it be 
> talcum?

Teflon is a solid. It's ground to a powder, like snuff.
Ron N


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