Can you use Vaseline instead of cork grease?

Can you use Vaseline instead of cork grease?

Typically petroleum jelly (like Vaseline), lip balm, and lanolin are used as cork grease alternatives. You can also make your own cork grease with bee’s wax and a plant-based oil like coconut oil, or from tallow and lanolin. A good cork grease will both preserve and lubricate the cork but not harm your instrument.

What is cork grease made from?

Cork grease is made with ingredients such as elm extract, organic sunflower oil, coconut oil and hemp seed oil. In the past it was made from animal fat.

Why do you need cork grease?

Cork grease is a tube or container of grease that you apply to the corks of your woodwind instrument to soften the cork and make putting the pieces of the instrument together easier. Without cork grease, the corks of your instrument would quickly become dry and stiff, making it difficult to assemble the instrument.

Is cork grease the same as slide grease?

So long as it doesn’t contain petroleum jelly or other petroleum based ingredients, it should be fine. La Tromba cork grease can be used on tuning slides – it used to say ‘Slide and cork grease’ on the tubs, now it only says ‘cork grease’.

How often should I use cork grease?

When a clarinet is new you should use cork grease every time you put the instrument together for the first week or two. After that, the corks will soak up some of the grease and you only need to use it once or twice a week.

Can you use Vaseline on a clarinet?

Don’t use vaseline, it can degrade the adhesive on the joint corks.

What can I use instead of slide grease?

What Can I Use Instead Of Commercial Slide Grease?

• Vaseline (petroleum jelly). This thickness of this will not be awesome all by itself but it’s safe to use on your instrument.
• Lanolin. If you know a mom who nursed her children there’s a really good chance she will have some since lanolin is commonly used as a lotion.

What can I use if I don’t have slide grease?

Lanolin can do even better than tuning slide grease, so you should keep some on hand. Vaseline and other petroleum jelly products can also work if you don’t have anything else. Tuning slide grease falls somewhere in the middle in terms of efficacy and ease of use.

Is it OK to leave your clarinet assembled?

While you can leave a clarinet assembled after a session, you still have to take it apart to dry its parts thoroughly after practice, and store away the reed. Once re-assembled, you can put the clarinet on a stand although it might collect dust and dirt in the tone holes and between the keys.

What kind of lubricant is Cork grease for?

Cork grease is a lubricant for woodwind and reed instruments such as saxophones, clarinets, bassoons, and oboes. These instruments are designed to be disassembled into parts for easy storage and portability, and the joints between parts feature cork seals.

What kind of Grease do you use for a saxophone?

Cork grease. Cork grease is a lip balm-like grease for woodwind and reed instruments such as saxophones, clarinets, bassoons, and oboes.

Is it OK to put oil on Cork?

To fully protect a joint cork for you instrument, applying it would be troublesome and you’d probably have oil dripping inside and on the exterior of your instrument. For organic oils, they could go bad over time as well, leaving an unpleasant odor. You don’t want rancid oil on your instrument.