Vaseline ingredients

I am NOT on an anti-Vaseline campaign.I have seen many posts referring to the use of vaseline. I know it was the “go to” lubricant MANY years ago. When was the last time you saw a jar or tube of Vaseline in the doctor's office? Who still uses Vaseline? Although Vaseline is safe externally, does anyone have a more natural recipe that serves the same purpose?

Here are just a few of its ingredients for those who use it as an internal lubricant. BUTYLENE GLYCOL, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, CARBOMER,CETYL ALCOHOL, CLYCERYL STEARATE,DIMETHICONE,DISODIUM EDTA, DISTEARLYDIMONIUM CHLORIDE, DMDM HYDANTOIN, ETHYLENE BRASSYLATE, and many more ingredients in alphabetic order until you get down to WATER, and XANTHAN GUM.

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Some Trivia

The inventor of Vaseline came up with the product to replace Rod wax . . lol . . I bet the Rod felt better too

2) Did you know that by 1875 just 15 years after its introduction (oooh !) Americans were buying it at the rate of a jar a minute

Could be a bit of a Porky or maybe it applied to DC residents . . it's been said there's a lot of slippery buggers there.

3) Robert Chesebrough came up with his recipe aged 22 after loosing his job. According to Chesebrough he took one teaspoonfull daily for the rest of his life & died at age 96.

Could it be he really got off on his invention . . Self priming colon tube

4) At age 50 Chesebrough contracted a serious bout of pleurisy. Resulting in his wife coating his entire body from head to toe with Vaseline.

I can imagine his mates nicknaming him Slick

To answer the questions, I do indeed still use Vaseline & keep several jars for a range of different purposes. One being as a moisture retardent on handtools (don't laugh) that could be prone to mill rust. Router ( no not rooter) bits another following their useage & storage.

Some Drive shafts get the protective treatment also

For those that require a masking agent prior to spray painting enamels Vaseline serves the purpose well & best applied with a pure soft bristle brush for smooth application.

When used as a retardent its best reduced down to enable ease of smearing by adding in a measured quantity of thin clear machine oil mixed thoroughly.

My friend Doc Dildo likes it too

I do. I put it on my lips every night at bedtime. I also use it as a lubricant and protectant in and around the anus before an enema, and then use a water-based lubricant on the nozzle. I don't use it for an anal or vaginal lubricant for intercourse or toy play.

Beeswax is a primary ingredient of “green” ‘vaseline’. Can be combined with many other natural ingredients such as olive/vegetable and other oils (nut oils, coconut, etc.), When making one's own, it's a good thing to remember to stir constantly as the wax is melted and oils or other ingredients added because oil and wax don't combine easily. Also keep in mind most homemade recipes can and will go rancid, so keeping track of dates is important, too.

There are lots of commercially available substitutes for petroleum jelly (generic term for Vaseline ™, but a shopper should check the labels to ensure they meet any specific contents/standards they might want in the product.

A search for Vaseline substitutes or homemade Vaseline returns a couple million hits.

Vaseline in the doctor's office/exam room? I don't think I've ever seen it there. All the medical places I've been that need a lubricant for anything have used sterile KY jelly or equivalent because it is water soluble and much easier to clean from any surface than petroleum jelly.

I’ve used bees wax and mineral oil as a finish on wood. It takes a while to mix, and be careful - bees wax will flash ignite before it boils! I use a candy cane thermometer and don’t let it get over 180(I think - I look up the safe temp every time I do it!). Best done in a double broiler. It sets up quickly in the fridge and makes a nice paste wax.

I have a 55 gallon drum of white petroleum jelly just thin it with mineral oil and add scent and whamo vasoline!

I have a 55 gallon drum of white petroleum jelly just thin it with mineral oil and add scent and whamo vasoline!

That would lube a LOT of enema nozzles!

Vaseline makes a great lube for speedometer cables. No joke!

@Moppys_jalopy notes

Vaseline makes a great lube for speedometer cables. No joke!

Yes it does.

Good on screws too (bites tongue) especially when driven into hardwood. Ahem !!!

Here are just a few of its ingredients for those who use it as an internal lubricant. BUTYLENE GLYCOL, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, CARBOMER,CETYL ALCOHOL, CLYCERYL STEARATE,DIMETHICONE,DISODIUM EDTA, DISTEARLYDIMONIUM CHLORIDE, DMDM HYDANTOIN, ETHYLENE BRASSYLATE, and many more ingredients in alphabetic order until you get down to WATER, and XANTHAN GUM.

Okay, the chemical names don't always mean something bad. Just about everything is “a chemical”.

Caprylic triglyceride, or capric triglyceride, is a compound that combines fatty acids from natural oils, such as coconut oil, with glycerin. Soaps and cosmetics sometimes include caprylic triglyceride as an ingredient

@bithesea You would obtain an equally scary impression if you read the chemical components of just about any fruit juice, wine, etc.

I have to admit this is a bit confusing to me. The list of ingredients definitely looks scary. But as some others mentioned the world is basically made of chemicals which does not mean each one of them is harmful. But I do not know in detail about those that are in vaseline.

But just from a users point of view I find vaseline extremely useful for anal play and insertion. It just works great, has the ideal consistency and is very easy to use.

Now who thinks I am supposed to be worried about using it and could you tell me what specifically is harmful about it? Because If it is harmful I need a replacement.

I knew a chemist who sold Vaseline in large quantities. He said that hair gells were made from the dregs left over from the manufacture of Vaseline. Color and other additives may be mixed.

Vaseline is basically thick less refined diesel fuel. Every clinic I visited as a youngster in the 60’s used surgical jelly. I don’t recall ever seeing petroleum jelly in an exam room here in the USA, (and I live where Mayo Clinic still considers “frontier medicine“ to exist).

@arttemp Our doc asked my mom if she had Vaseline, but she was on home call. I think the surgeon at the hospital used medical lubricant.

Sounds scary about what’s in Vaseline, but I’d like a dime for every time I’ve used it during sickness and in health — and felt better as a result. Then I would have a lot of dimes!!

It works well for masturbation