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Old 11-02-2013, 09:40 PM
Pat Appleton Pat Appleton is offline
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Default White lead is banned so what mixes with tallow??

White lead and tallow has been a wonderful traditional substance aboard sailing ships for ages, wiped over bare stays and backstays, used to fill holes in wood, smeared on deadeyes to make the lanyards slip thru' easier, etc, etc, AND! it didn't burn as much as Stockholm Tar when applied to hemorrhoids.
But alas, we can't use white lead on the rigging of the Polly Woodside, ( a 3 masted barque fully restored in Melbourne Australia) because lead is banned.

Brion's " Riggers Apprentice" mentions ANHYDROUS LANOLIN but can it be mixed with tallow ? And is there an "all white" lanolin that will allow the stays to be the traditional white colour ??? Any suggestions will be most appreciated as a substitute for white lead as long as it can be acquired by the 5 gallon or 44 gallon drum.
Thanks.
Pat Appleton.

Last edited by Pat Appleton : 11-02-2013 at 09:41 PM. Reason: typo
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