KY jelly as a slide lube

ttf_sqzpiper · Post by **ttf_sqzpiper** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:15 pm

Has anyone tried this stuff?.....I had a friend say it works as well as the Yamaha chapstick like lube.

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:43 pm

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.

ttf_Radar · Post by **ttf_Radar** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:50 pm

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.

ttf_Full Pedal Trombonist · Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:37 pm

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.

ttf_EdGrissom · Post by **ttf_EdGrissom** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 4:49 am

What is Kentucky Jelly?

ttf_Euphanasia · Post by **ttf_Euphanasia** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:43 am

And somewhere, in a parallel universe, someone is asking if Yamasnot can be used as an "intimate" lubricant.

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:45 am

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.

ttf_bonesmarsh · Post by **ttf_bonesmarsh** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:08 am

Low brass internet forum here, Bruce.

What is sex?

ttf_robcat2075 · Post by **ttf_robcat2075** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:07 am

Apparently not even the makers know why it's called "K-Y".

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:35 am

Quote from: bonesmarsh on Oct 25, 2017, 08:08AMLow brass internet forum here, Bruce.

What is sex?

Sex comes after 5 and before 7.

ttf_davdud101 · Post by **ttf_davdud101** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:31 am

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...

ttf_Pre59 · Post by **ttf_Pre59** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:17 pm

Quote from: BGuttman on Oct 25, 2017, 09:35AMSex comes after 5 and before 7.

And what coal come in..

ttf_bonesmarsh · Post by **ttf_bonesmarsh** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:23 pm

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.

ttf_savio · Post by **ttf_savio** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:52 pm

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

ttf_BillO · Post by **ttf_BillO** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 4:17 pm

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.

ttf_Blackthorne · Post by **ttf_Blackthorne** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:21 am

Quote from: bonesmarsh on Oct 25, 2017, 08:08AMWhat is sex?

Glad to see I'm not the only married man on this forum.

ttf_bassboneman · Post by **ttf_bassboneman** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:40 am

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?!?

ttf_bassboneman · Post by **ttf_bassboneman** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:40 am

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?!?