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KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:15 pm
by ttf_sqzpiper
Has anyone tried this stuff?.....I had a friend say it works as well as the Yamaha chapstick like lube.
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:43 pm
by ttf_BGuttman
I think we had this discussion once before.
Ho, I think it gets sticky with time.
Want something cheap? Pond's Cold Cream still works. But really, Trombotine lasts so long that it's cost effective. I have tubes that lasted 10 years of constant use.
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:50 pm
by ttf_Radar
I used to use Vaseline petroleum Jelly on tuning slides, and it worked OK. I've never heard of KY jelly used as an instrument lube.
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:37 pm
by ttf_Full Pedal Trombonist
Ive used it once because I heard an it when it was discussed here, but mostly because its what I had in my dorm, on a valve bone. It indeed worked. But was soon cleaned as I clean my horns often and relubed with actual valve oil.
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 4:49 am
by ttf_EdGrissom
What is Kentucky Jelly?
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:43 am
by ttf_Euphanasia
And somewhere, in a parallel universe, someone is asking if Yamasnot can be used as an "intimate" lubricant.
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:45 am
by ttf_BGuttman
Quote from: EdGrissom on Oct 25, 2017, 04:49AMWhat is Kentucky Jelly?
It's not Kentucky. The brand name is KY and it's sold as a lubricant for sex (I'll leave it for you to take that further).
The requirements for it are somewhat an anathema to what is needed for a slide lubricant. It's not "stiff" enough for a tuning slide, and will disappear the first time you spray it with water -- it's intended to wash off.
Even though the new Pond's cold cream isn't as good as the old stuff we used in the 1960s, I think that's a better choice of what you can buy in your local pharmacy.
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:08 am
by ttf_bonesmarsh
Low brass internet forum here, Bruce.
What is sex?
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:07 am
by ttf_robcat2075
Apparently not even the makers know why it's called "K-Y".
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:35 am
by ttf_BGuttman
Quote from: bonesmarsh on Oct 25, 2017, 08:08AMLow brass internet forum here, Bruce.
What is sex?
Sex comes after 5 and before 7.
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:31 am
by ttf_davdud101
Quote from: Euphanasia on Oct 25, 2017, 05:43AMAnd somewhere, in a parallel universe, someone is asking if Yamasnot can be used as an "intimate" lubricant.
Guaranteed, if not our own universe...
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:17 pm
by ttf_Pre59
Quote from: BGuttman on Oct 25, 2017, 09:35AMSex comes after 5 and before 7.
And what coal come in..
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:23 pm
by ttf_bonesmarsh
I did not know that about coal. I do know a thing or two about elephants, though.
What's grey and comes in quarts?
Elephants.
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:52 pm
by ttf_savio
Quote from: bonesmarsh on Oct 25, 2017, 12:23PMI did not know that about coal. I do know a thing or two about elephants, though.
What's grey and comes in quarts?
Elephants.
I thought elephants was pink....?
Leif
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 4:17 pm
by ttf_BillO
Quote from: bonesmarsh on Oct 25, 2017, 08:08AMLow brass internet forum here, Bruce.
What is sex?
You see, this is why I also ride dirt bikes and photgraph wild animals. It makes me seem ... manly and full of vigor.
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:21 am
by ttf_Blackthorne
Quote from: bonesmarsh on Oct 25, 2017, 08:08AMWhat is sex?
Glad to see I'm not the only married man on this forum.
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:40 am
by ttf_bassboneman
Quote from: Blackthorne on Oct 26, 2017, 05:21AMGlad to see I'm not the only married man on this forum.
Can I get an "Amen" - brother?!?
KY jelly as a slide lube
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:40 am
by ttf_bassboneman
Quote from: Blackthorne on Oct 26, 2017, 05:21AMGlad to see I'm not the only married man on this forum.
Can I get an "Amen" - brother?!?