How to Use
Below the instructions is a "Good
Houskeeping" guide we have previously released.
Firstly, remove your drones, chanter
and cover from your skin bag, and cork the drone and chanter stocks. If you
have a removable tube in your blowpipe stock, it should also be removed.
Heat your James
Robertson seasoning following the guidelines on the back of
the tub.
Pour around half a tub of James Robertson seasoning in to your bag, fully cork, and fill
the bag with air. Swill the James
Robertson seasoning around the bag making sure to try and
cover as much of the surface area as possible.
Once you think the inside of the bag
has a suitable covering of James
Robertson seasoning (it will usually now be tight) you can let the air out, fully cork
again, and now start to rub the seasoning in to the skin all over, taking extra
care at the stitching and around the neck.
Now hang the bag up, remove the corks
and recover any James Robertson seasoning in a bowl. We recommend allowing the bag
to drain for around 20 minutes.
If your bag is new or in good
condition, the seasoning being collected, can be returned to the bottle and
reused at a later date.
A new bag may require a couple of
seasonings to be truly tight, and may again require attention within a few
days.
James Robertson seasoning
Good Housekeeping
With all the recent warm weather that
we’ve been having, we’d like to point out some basic good housekeeping when
using James
Robertson Seasoning.
1. Ideally, always try and store your
seasoning in a cool place, and we recommend using a fridge, which will not harm
the ingredients.
2. Always heat your seasoning using a
microwave, or a water bath if you prefer, and mix well, but do not allow to
boil.
- Even if you have left your seasoning
somewhere warm, and feel it’s liquid and ok to use, it is still advisable to
properly heat, and to mix it thoroughly, using the spatula provided, or by
shaking, but it is imperative that you re-mix the seasoning thoroughly, as it
is totally natural for the various ingredients in your seasoning to settle
whilst cooling.
3. Always drain your bag well after
each seasoning. If you try and keep extra seasoning in the bag for whatever
reason, be prepared for it to want to come out when you least expect it..!!
4. We recommend using more seasoning
than your bag may need, and draining off the excess,, in a new bag, this can be
collected and used again, however, on an older and well seasoned bag, we would
recommend discarding anything that may come out.
5. Even if your bag feels tight, using James Robertson Seasoning will continue to create the right
moisture ambience within your bagpipe, and will also draw excess moisture from
your bag... Don’t just season your pipes, purely from an airtight point of
view, season them to have a fully primed instrument.
6. From time to time we recommend
cleaning your bag, fresh lukewarm water is all that’s needed. Cork the bag, add
the lukewarm water, swish it around the bag, and then empty out... repeat this
process a few times until the water coming out is fairly clear then allow to
dry for a while, but not completely, then season again as normal.
7. We do not recommend strong soaps or
detergents, your bag is stitched using waxed hemp, and these strong detergents
will break down the waxes causing the seam to leak.
If anything, a small quantity of liquid
baby or dish soap in the mix will suffice.
James
Robertson Seasoning