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Looking for a lube to use with the 1st/5th valve slides on a 1983 Mirafone 188. Monster Oil trumpet slide oil is a bit too thin, and Bach tuning slide grease is a bit too thick. Short of a DIY combination of the two, any recos for something out-of-the-bottle that’s ready to go?

Thanx…

…Dave

Walmart "Equate* brand mineral oil (16 oz for under $3).

@bloke's mineral oil works well if you're slides are really well aligned and parallel. I personally found in my less than perfect tubas... cutting Schilke slide grease or lanolin with some valve oil works best. Just s thin layer of grease on the side then a few drops of oil and work the slide. As more oil if needed.

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Anhydrous lanolin. Inexpensive, works great, and available at almost any drug store (or online).

Lanolin, it's free from my wife, or leftover 15w-40 from the new jug of tractor oil.

I have found lanolin good for slides that do not have to move; and think I will get some of the Honda stuff to see what it is about.

Cheapest I can find the honda stuff online with shipping is $22. Nope.

I've used Super-Lube and Phil Wood grease on slides. Both work well, but both are a little slower than this stuff for tune-on-the-fly slides: https://www.resilienceoils.com/products ... -slide-gel

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