Thanks for your input. I have not done this to my drums it was just a thought that passed through my head. I guess I just get tired of it taking forever to tune my drums after head changes.
Life is too short to be serious, laugh it up.
Life is too short to be serious, laugh it up.
I have been around and associated with professional woodworkers for years! I have never seen anyone put Vasaline on wood! they always used a non petroleum based oil and waxes for wood! Linseed Oil, Carnauba, Etc! There are numerous oils and waxes that are not petroleum based that the wood people use.Sorry to burst a lot of bubbles here, but plenty of drum builders use vaseline to seal the inside of the shells. I use it with absolutely no problems. I wouldn't use it on edges, but to seal a bare shell on the inside is fine.
Even C&C customs use vaseline to seal the inside of their shells. You don't see problems there do you?
Vaseline on the inside of the shells
Wax on the edges
I have been around and associated with professional woodworkers for years! I have never seen anyone put Vasaline on wood! they always used a non petroleum based oil and waxes for wood! Linseed Oil, Carnauba, Etc! There are numerous oils and waxes that are not petroleum based that the wood people use.
To my knowledge Vasaline was discovered in the oil fields late in the 19th century by oil workers. It was a by-product of extracting oil from the oil fields. The workers discovered that the Vasaline healed and softened their dry cracked skin!
Paraffin wax is a petrol based substitute for bees wax. Most gas and diesel engine oils are Paraffin based. You don't want Paraffin based oils on your drums!
Here is a link, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_jelly
It sounds like they are saving on expenses by using hydrocarbon products instead of plant based products. Wood is a plant product! I use plant products on wood. I don't like using hydrocarbons on wood!Again, I know for sure C&C are using it, and many other boutique builders on the Ghostnote forums that know way more about it than any of us here. They are the builders. We aren't.
Vaseline isn't going to hurt a drum. Not even close. I wouldn't recommend trying to use it on a shells that do have some type of finish on the inside ala Pearl or Yamaha.
That Post really MOVED ME! And little old ladies also!You can drink paraffin oil and it is a commonly used laxative for old ladies.
QC