Tuning slide oil

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Tubameister
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Tuning slide oil

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What is everyone using for their tuning slides that they move often when playing?
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The Brute Squad
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Re: Tuning slide oil

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I've used Schilke slide grease for years.
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Re: Tuning slide oil

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Please search the threads. There is much discussion in other threads on the issue of lubricants in all contexts: slides, valves, linkages, etc.
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Re: Tuning slide oil

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The Brute Squad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 11:53 am I've used Schilke slide grease for years.
Oil, not grease. I use the Schilke stuff, too. It is great. But it does not give the slide the trombone handslide-like action the OP is probably looking for. For that, I use whatever works, which varies from horn to horn with the quality of the slide assembly from the factory. I like Hetman's slide oil and that 3 in 1 oil you can get at Walmart. (Not together, of course.) For the other slides I use lanolin-based stuff, Schilke being my favorite.
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