My vast life experience (i.e, I'm a guy) tells me that if you do in fact use Eucerin, there's also a pretty good chance that you're jackin'!
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Eucerin Skin Cream Kills Strings DEAD!!!
- Thread starter JimmyM
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It helps to have dry skin so that I happen to have some E-magic lying around
If so, could you provide the proper application procedure?
" have dry skin so that I happen to have some E-magic lying around" -- That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
"Could you provide the proper application procedure?" -- I'm pretty sure that would violate TB Rules.
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While it was meant to be humorous, I also seriously have no clue how much to use or how to put it on on my strings as this is my first time reading about this... so I am looking for some help.
Cutter is on a roll! All you have to do is slather it on your strings making sure you get it on all the surface area that's exposed, let it dry for a few hours, wipe it off and do it again until you're happy. I found that it takes about three times for me to be happy, and any more than that probably won't do much good. It deadens them, but it still helps to play them in and start getting fret dents.
Uh-oh, looks like I spoke too soon. KFC has only been in Switzerland since 2016.KFC‘s “Der Boxmaster” and “Der Boxmaster Maxx”
Can’t ya just hear the Swiss-German TV spots in your head, with Beavis and Butt-head doing the voiceover?!?!
KFC set to open new Swiss restaurants
Well there may not have been a KFC, but I think it's possible they had fried chicken. Besides, I think it's all BS anyway. I think Jaco was trying to be funny.
Haven't tried either. Cobalt flats sound like they won't be my thang, and I'm not paying $70 for a set of strings
Based on reading hundreds of your posts over time, I don’t think Cobalt Flats would float your boat, but Pyramids are a different story. I wouldn’t pay $70 for strings either, but I’ve never paid more than $40-50 for Pyramids. I think you might really like them if you ever have the opportunity to pick them up at a good price.Haven't tried either. Cobalt flats sound like they won't be my thang, and I'm not paying $70 for a set of strings
I have an issue with not knowing when to stop. I put 5 coats on my Fender Studio Bass Flats, and I think I’ve gone too far.
Still amazed how well this works. Put some on my acoustic strings....sounds woody and thumpy (the plain steel sounds unaffected).
Still amazed how well this works. Put some on my acoustic strings....sounds woody and thumpy (the plain steel sounds unaffected).
Ya, you need windings to make it work. I'd probably stop at 5. I've done as many as 5, and I don't get any improvement beyond 3 or 4.
Just got this bass and installed the Aguilar pickup, but for some reason I was more excited about slathering the Labella flats in Eucerin than I was about any other part of the bass and pickup acquisition lol... go figure. Like someone else said, Jimmy is quite the salesman.
Results: I only put one coat on a ten month old pair or Labellas that have been on and off of a few different basses. I’m not sure how much of what I’m hearing is the pickup, the strings and wear that they already had, or the result of the Eucerin. What I do know is that the combo sounds good. REAL GOOD!
I treated a couple of sets of Cobalt Flats and put them on my ‘93 American Standard Jazz Longhorn and my Alien Audio Constellation. Just one good coat of the Eucerin left on overnight and a second super light coat that I only left on for a couple of hours worked great. It took all the edge off and warmed up the tone a lot without taking out too much top end or harmonics. I’m a convert for sure. Next in line are a set of Chromes for a ‘97 FujiGen Jazz and a set of Fender Flats for a DarkHorse ‘51 Precision relic. I’ll probably go with 3 coats on those. A tip of the hat to JimmyM! 
OK, I just went to the store to buy some Eucerin cream. I was surprised to find that plain old Eucerin original moisturizing cream is no longer available.
Now they have 10 (or more) different formulas... including "Original Healing" (cream, lotion), "Advanced Repair" (lotion, cream, hand cream), "Daily Hydration" (lotion, cream, hand cream), "Skin Calming" (cream, lotion), etc. etc. etc.!!
AND, not only do all of these have different ingredients listed, NONE of them have the same ingredients as the Original Eucerin moisturizing cream!
The new "Original Healing Cream" has very different ingredients from the older "Original Moisturizing Cream" that is no longer available (go figure...).
Also, most of these products are $10 to $20 for a container.
So, I was wondering if you would be willing to post some pictures (front and back, with ingredients) of the container of "plain white Eucerin cream" you are using and recommending? Then I could find a product (like Minerin cream?) that is close to what you have.
Thanks!!
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I'm at a gig right now and it's hard for me to do stuff like that there but I'll do it when I get home.
I need to do some research on this. All this time, I thought I was doing my strings with this stuff:
https://www.shoplet.com/Beiersdorf-...oqq5QIVTNyGCh1bKQJmEAQYASABEgJXU_D_BwE&rtop=1
But it turns out I was using something called Eucerin Original Healing Soothing Repair Creme, which comes in a jar like this, is very similar to the original moisturizing cream I used to use in both the feel of the product and the looks of the jar (EDIT: This link is mislabeled):
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And now I find both of those jars gone from the Eucerin website, and I see this red-capped jar just plain called called Eucerin Original Healing Creme:
Eucerin Original Healing Cream - 16oz
So at this point I'm just as confused as you. I haven't tried the red capped jar yet, but I have tried the other two, and quite frankly, I didn't notice any difference between the two either on my skin or my strings. So I'm going to write the company and ask what's up with this red capped jar.
Stay tuned...it may take a couple days to get an answer. In the meantime, I suppose there's no harm in trying the red-capped jar. I'd get some if I didn't have two giant jars of the Original healing Soothing Repair Creme already.
Also, I've found the house brands effective as well, though some are a little more runny than the real stuff. But they did work well.
