4 Comments

1. 
   Brandon Nix

   January 27, 2011 at 11:22 pm

   I’ve used plumber’s tape to fix leaks. It seems to work better than fish-skin. 🙂
2. 
   Patty

   January 28, 2011 at 11:27 am

   I haven’t used fishskin (also called Goldbeater’s skin) in eons. I wonder if people know it has nothing to do with a fish and is from a calf’s intestines? Hmmm.

   I use parafilm instead. But yes, I know a lot of people use the teflon plumber’s tape. I just prefer something you can’t see so clearly! Guess I don’t want anyone to know about my leaky reeds, eh? 😉
3. 
   Brandon Nix

   January 28, 2011 at 4:09 pm

   I’ve never heard of parafilm. I’ll have to give that a try if it is more inconspicuous than plumber’s tape. Thanks for the suggestion! 🙂
4. 
   Patty

   February 2, 2011 at 8:29 am

   You cut it in narrow strips, Brandon. Then it stretches a lot … and you take a very small portion and wrap it around the reed.

   That being said, I mostly use reeds without leaks. I generally toss those that need the stuff!