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ADK_Frank

Post subject: Propolis soap?

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:12 am

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The propolis soap used for ground coating an instrument. Is the stuff that I can buy at my local natural health store suitable for this purpose?

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Howard Klepper

Post subject: Re: Propolis soap?

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:34 pm

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Where did you hear that any soap can be a ground coat?

Propolis figures into some violin grounds. No soap.

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Howard Klepper

Post subject: Re: Propolis soap?

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 5:11 pm

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Howard Klepper wrote:

Where did you hear that any soap can be a ground coat?

Propolis figures into some violin grounds. No soap.

Oh, OK. you're talking about the Fulton varnish recipe. His propolis "soap" is not at all the soap you get in a health food store. That's ordinary soap with some popolis resin added. Or were you going to buy propolis at the health food store and follow Fulton's recipe? People report that it doesn't work as easily as Fulton described.

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JohnAbercrombie

Post subject: Re: Propolis soap?

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:46 pm

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If you are looking for propolis, one source is:
http://www.woodfinishingenterprises.com/varnish.html

I've ordered 'stuff' from them in the past and had good service.

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ADK_Frank

Post subject: Re: Propolis soap?

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:54 pm

Mahogany

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I was hoping stuff at store was what I need in order to avoid mail ordering more thing but alas it appears I will have to mail order it. Thanks for the replies

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ADK_Frank

Post subject: Re: Propolis soap?

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:08 pm

Mahogany

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Yeah I was looking the recipe for Propolis. Luckily I know a couple of bee keepers from when I worked at the local vegetarian store Nori's. Time to give em a holler.

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