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Is it safe to breathe the fumes of lubricant oils for pistons and rotors?  I use Hetman's Light Piston Oil and a generic rotor oil I got from a local repair shop.  I cleaned and lubricated my instruments last week, played then everyday for several hours, and my bronchial area has felt a bit irritated since then.

Ace

bloke wrote:"I knew a man who ate that, and later died."

Truer words were never spoken...

They certainly can irritate the lungs. Having asthma, I've always felt a bit of irritation especially in the Spring when my histamine levels are high.

I would experiment and see which oil will not cause irritation for you. Personally my worst experience was with using lamp oil. Also can’t stand that smell. I tried using berp bio oil on pocket trumpet and had to clean everything up due to some gunk buildup. But on such a small instrument it’s not a problem, I thoroughly cleaned it before and after changing oil type but wouldn’t try that on tuba, wouldn’t want to deal with cleaning that. I have tried few other brands before but I have best results with “Ultra Pure” which I use currently.

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SWE wrote:I reckon a lot of the irritation from a couple of days of lots of practice is simply from all of that mouth breathing. Keeping some hot water or herbal tea handy might help.

I think this explains what happened. I stopped practicing and felt better right away. Ha.

Ace

I slick mine down with KY.

If it’s safe “down there”, it must be safe anywhere!!

SWE wrote:

Three Valves wrote:I slick mine down with KY

Kentucky?

You must be virgin, dude.

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I inject valve oil to protect myself from corona virus.

mikebmiller wrote:I inject valve oil to protect myself from corona virus.

Main lining may be fatal, I smoke it!!

Oh?? Now you tell me....

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MaryAnn wrote:

SWE wrote:

Three Valves wrote:I slick mine down with KY

Kentucky?

You must be virgin, dude.

My tubes are always wet, especially after a quick blow job.

well that escalated quickly