Reducing friction of tapewound strings

[Krucial]

When playing lots of slides there's a lot of friction with the normally very gentle playable tapewound string. Even so bad that my fingertips get a bit burned sometimes.
I realy like the sound of the tapewounds, so here's my question:
Is there a trick to reduce the friction?

I thought about some lubricant or GHS "fastfret" but I'm a bit worried they will damage the strings or the sound. (also, I tried "fastfret" once on a bass with Nickel rounds and IMO it felt weird, it can be nice on a guitar though)

[Groovin_Joe]

I don't play tapewounds, I play round wounds but I figure se concepts apply.
When I play I use a little nose grease. Yep that's right, nose grease. I wipe my fingers of my right hand (plucking fingers) on the side of my nose. Since it is usally warm there will be a little natural grease and then voilà!

Wipe off at end of night and ready to go again.

Better than chemicals.

[Meatrus]

Nose grease....ewwww .

My advise may be not what your looking for, but I have played tapes for 5 years now so here it is...less pressure on the string. I know exactly what you mean how it can feel like burning, but if you slide with less pressure it isnt too bad, just like a bit of warmth at the very worst.

[Krucial]

I think I skip trying the nosegrease... a typical 'thank you, but no thanks'.
Less pressure is certainly a good advice, but did you ever try to change 8 year old habits?

So, has anyone experience he likes to share with the use of some lubricant on tapewound strings?

[christw]

Originally Posted by Krucial

I think I skip trying the nosegrease... a typical 'thank you, but no thanks'.
Less pressure is certainly a good advice, but did you ever try to change 8 year old habits?

So, has anyone experience he likes to share with the use of some lubricant on tapewound strings?

I've heard of baby powder for ease of playing and to protect the strings on a little Ashbury I borrowed once. I've also seen it mentioned for ease on plucking fingers on roundwounds. I remember reading on here that Steve Harris does this? I don't know if it's true or not. I just know I can't play more than 3 or 4 songs like him without going "ouch!" and I've been meaning to try this as a solution.

Try changing 8 year old habits! Don't give up! I've gone from pointer-middle plucking to pointer-middle-ring over the course of a few months after 7 years of playing. I use both, but now my potential for fast plucking is much greater. It also helped with my triplets, a lot.