Hello Julia and John
I always make sure any thread I use on pipes is well waxed and it seems
to last (5+ years) even with fairly liberal use of olive oil. Sorry
about the chemistry lesson - it was to emphasise that the stuff people
poured in their ears probably didn't have much free oleic acid in it,
which is important as far as pipes maintenance is concerned.
Also (at risk of starting off another debate) Ian Corrigan recommends
silicone grease in place of vaseline.
Thoughts?
As aye
Anthony
--- On Fri, 14/1/11, Julia Say <julia....@nspipes.co.uk> wrote:
From: Julia Say <julia....@nspipes.co.uk>
Subject: [NSP] Re: rotting of the cotton threads
To: "NSP group" <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Friday, 14 January, 2011, 17:36
On 14 Jan 2011, Gibbons, John wrote:
> I had noticed the threads decaying, but hadn't twigged why.
> Wondered if it was just reducing the internal friction that holds the
fibres
> together??
So far all I have done is make the observation. It seems to be worse on
the thin
sewing thread (which is mercerised cotton) than on the thicker crochet
thread -
also cotton, but presumably differently processed.
I also occasionally use Vaseline, whatever that is in chemical terms
(no, I don't
need to know!!), particularly on drone slides. But that recommendation
was made
specifically for ivory.
Julia
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