based on what it does to canvas, i'd say that linseed would make it extemely brittle when dried.
how about lanolin, olive-oil or even (gak!) lard? - bill --- Red Blues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Happy New Year, etc, etc. Hope it is > disaster-free... > > I'm trying to use all gut strings on my vihuela, and > have noticed that they > are drying out quite quickly (sleet and snow > outside, central heating > inside). Does anyone know if applying something like > linseed oil to the > string, via a cloth, would help them last longer? > > Rob MacKillop > > _________________________________________________________________ > Want to block unwanted pop-ups? Download the free > MSN Toolbar now! > http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/ > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > ===== "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm ___________________________________________________________ How much mail storage do you get for free? Yahoo! Mail gives you 250MB! Get Yahoo! Mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com
