Nooooooowwwwww I get it! Jimmy, ever the salesman, has created a market for vintage holy grail mojo infused not-available-in-stores Eucerin cream... of course it’s no coincidence that he has two large tubs in his possession. Just mail him your strings and a check for $999.
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Eucerin Skin Cream Kills Strings DEAD!!!
- Thread starter JimmyM
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You'd be surprised. It's not at all unusual for one or two brand new flats to sound extremely bright compared to the rest, and they stay that way too long. It's a thing.
Of these main ingredients of the Original:
I suspect the ceresin (a wax) is the ingredient of interest, and the others just solvent or carrier for the wax. I suspect that paraffin wax or beeswax in a suitable solvent or carrier could substitute.
I suspect the ceresin (a wax) is the ingredient of interest, and the others just solvent or carrier for the wax. I suspect that paraffin wax or beeswax in a suitable solvent or carrier could substitute.
Thanks a bunch for the info, Jimmy!
I did some research... here are the ingredients in the three versions:
Eucerin "Original Moisturizing Creme" (oldest version)
Ingredients: Water, Petrolatum, Mineral Oil, Ceresin, Lanolin Alcohol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone
Eucerin "Original Healing Soothing Repair Creme" (Jimmy's version, white cap)
Ingredients: Water, Petrolatum, Mineral Oil, Ceresin, Lanolin Alcohol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone
(Methylchloroisothiazolinone - a preservative with antibacterial and antifungal effects)
(Methylisothiazolinone - powerful synthetic biocide (antimicrobial) and preservative, used in numerous personal care products)
Eucerin "Original Healing Cream" (new version, red cap)
Ingredients: Water, Petrolatum, Mineral Oil, Ceresin, Lanolin Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Piroctone Olamine
(Phenoxyethanol - used as a preservative in cosmetic products and also as a stabilizer in perfumes and soaps)
(Piroctone Olamine - anti-fungal / anti-microbial agent, soothes inflamed skin, reduces flaking)
It looks like the three versions are the same, except for the last two ingredients. Those last two are preservatives and antimicrobials.
Methylchloroisothiazolinone and Methylisothiazolinone have been used (separately and in combination) for years in numerous personal care products. They have recently been found to be responsible for many folks developing skin sensitivities.
This info is from Wikipedia:
In 2014, the European Commission Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety issued a voluntary ban on the mixture of Methylchloroisothiazolinone and Methylisothiazolinone in leave-on products such as body creams. The measure is aimed at reducing the risk from and the incidence of skin allergies.
It appears that Eucerin has complied with the ban, and has reformulated the cream accordingly.
I doubt that the two preservatives are responsible for deadening bass strings (since the cream has the exact opposite effect!), and the rest of the ingredients are the same in all three versions.
So the new (red cap) stuff should work fine!
I'm gonna give it a try. Thanks JimmyM!!
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What brand of eucerine cream.... sorry if I was not clear enough.
See Ken's post above yours. Get Original Healing Creme with the red cap.
I am completely impressed with the thoroughness of your research, Ken! The stuff in the other versions that got banned didn't really affect me, but I never knew that it caused problems with some people. I always thought it was pretty harmless. Anyway, thank you so much for the terrific research, and now I know to get the original healing cream with the red cap when I finally run out of the old stuff!
I certainly have, and I still stand by my opinion that Eucerin works better.@JimmyM ever tried bag balm....might work even better in my opinion, also cheaper unless you steal some of the miss's
The company that makes Eucerin just replied to my email and they confirmed what Ken said. The first two products I named only had a name change. And the current original healing cream with the red caps is the formula they used to replace it and they said it's basically the same. So get the Eucerin original healing cream from now on.
Can you return it? I thought that formula was kind of thin when I tried it years ago. If you can't, it will probably be okay but I think you'll have to do more coats than two or three.
No idea but my Labella DTF’s are almost a year old anyway. I’ll just use it on my feet instead because they look like funnel cakes
This is the stuff to use!
Thank you @JimmyM for this info. Threw a new set of LaBella 760FL flats on my new LB100 after treating the strings for the day. Sounded like I had played them for a couple months.
Excellent! And thank you for the confirmation that this newer formula does work. I've yet to try it but I figured it would work anyway.
I'm completely ruined on playing a bass with round wound strings anymore. They all have flats or tapewounds now, with the exception of my 4001. That needs round wounds.
