by TresGolpes » Mon Jan 13, 2003 11:03 pm
Not too much, not too little...that is my suggestion
Have used Manteca de Corojo which you can obtain at the Botanicas (Santeria) stores. Works great on the hands too.
There is also Lexol which is a good oil to clean leathers sold in leather hobby shops.
The "too much" part comes when you obsess about putting more and more oil...if it gets in the edges of the skin as it comes down into the congas, what happens is...the edge becomes very soft and fragile, and then in one day, when you execute a giant flam cracked from way up there and it arrives at the head...CRACK ! There goes the whole head...