Same experience with Blue Juice. It smells like kerosene too...what I think, is that it is kerosene with blue dye in it.
I'm currently a Hetman fan.
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Leland
- pro musician
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I used Alisyn for a while when my tuba was brand-new. I liked it pretty good; it never seemed to dry out or lock up.
The problem is, without regular flushing of the piston & valve casing, metal bits (especially on a new horn) and other stuff start showing up. And, while the Alisyn moved smoothly, it wasn't blazingly fast.
When I took it to my repair guy for its first cleaning, he got rid of the Alisyn and put in Al Cass. I had to oil more often, sure, but the valves stayed cleaner, and they operated faster.
Just seems like there's always going to be a tradeoff somehow.
The problem is, without regular flushing of the piston & valve casing, metal bits (especially on a new horn) and other stuff start showing up. And, while the Alisyn moved smoothly, it wasn't blazingly fast.
When I took it to my repair guy for its first cleaning, he got rid of the Alisyn and put in Al Cass. I had to oil more often, sure, but the valves stayed cleaner, and they operated faster.
Just seems like there's always going to be a tradeoff somehow.
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Ryan_Beucke
- 3 valves
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- Location: Potsdam, NY
Re:
Does anyone have a BAD experience with Hetman's, besides the new bottle design which isn't a big deal if you just put it in an old bottle of valve oil?
Yep, I use Hetman's
Yep, I use Hetman's