I remember when I last advised someone to use nose oil in an emergency on the BB, JC got very blunt about how bad that is for the ferrules. His point was that nose oil has salt in it and it encourages corrosion. That was August 2005 and I've never said it since.

Your best bet is to wipe the ferrules down and use a little bar soap, it lubes and is water soluble. I found this in an old post that said this advice came from Ron Kusse.

Hope it helps.


Tim