Let’s talk Lube
ok now that i got your attention.
what are you guys using and how often. how soon after getting a new gun do you tear down and re-lube.
Silicone on o-rings only
moly grease on metal to metal contact parts
any brands that are especially good or any to avoid? any places on the gun to avoid a specific type of lube?
Wingman NZ had a good post, http://talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=27986&p=275905&hilit=grease#p275905, but want to hear everyone else’s thoughts and experiences.
for those of you polishing your actions, what grit are you using? 6000, 8000 something else?
thanks
lars
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SECoda,
Got your point.
Experimented by soaking a NBR o-ring in eezox overnight but did not find any visible (2.5x mag) damage.
Even if there were some structura/chemical changes it would logically be caused by the solvent.
Eezox application method is to dry the solvent out for some hours/overnight and perhaps better to finish
it off with a hot air blower.
Will experiment this with the air arms sae4130 steel tube as a rust preventative.
There are quite a few o- ring lubes out there and molykote 33 medium suggested by Theoben works well
and non messy to handle.
http://www2.dupont.com/Lubricants/en_US/applications/O_rings.html
Dr. 👿
The GPL205 is well tried and proven to be among the best there is and yes it’s safe in hp environments even O2 safe.
Well sorted diveshops should have it for nitrox or you find it on the interweb ebay, amazon…
I heard as great a product as it is – it is not friendly to rubber. It loves orings for breakfast.
http://www.talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10376
How would a few coatings of this work as a rust preventive inside steel pneumatic tubes like air-arms?
EEZOX
How would a few coatings of this work as a rust preventive inside steel pneumatic tubes like air-arms?
Nice thanks for the linky, I didn’t know where to score that MolyKote. 😀
The Dow MolyKote 55 is really good stuff for orings.
Density = 0.96 grams per cc
Dropping Point = 220 Deg C
Kinetic / Kinematic Viscosity = 100 Centistokes
NLGI Number = 2
Service Temperature High = 175 Deg C
Service Temperature Low = -65 Deg C
Shelf Life = 1800 Days
Specific Gravity @ 25C = 0.96
Worked Penetration = 290 mm/10
Genuine Honda 08734-0001 60% Moly Grease
A wide temperature application range of -45 ºF to 350 ºF.
Never thought about that when shooting in the chill.
Frozen O-ring = Challenger accident 😯
Never thought about that when shooting in the chill.
I was hoping Hoot would be attracted to the title and post his favs.
I use Slip2000 on my PB and it’s rated to -40 or something. I’d like to know what Ed puts on the guns at assembly and what he uses for maintenance cause it sure gets cold where he is.
Although Hoot’s back from the dead, he may be a zombie. He won’t be posting here if he’s out looking for brains. 😉
Are there cold-resistant (e.g. 25 degrees F and up) lubes for o-rings/regs ? Same question for metals. I had to give up shooting today, both guns had their innards getting sticky.
Probably a dumb question: why is graphite not used?
When i first read the topic subject i was 110% sure i´d find some wise cracks written by The H 😯 😯 TER but no, nothing.
:popcorn:
I am a Moly guy like Wingman. Honda Moly all the way. I use the Dow Molykote 55 for the orings.
http://www.veidec.com/products/se/lubrication/white-grease-whg-500ml.html
Good for everything except things like the hammer on the bug where a light oil is better, especially during the colder months when it can get a bit sticky.
Dr. 👿
Been using 100% silicone grease on O-rings and main air tube along with TS-70 moly for metal 2 metal like sear, hammer and trigger pivots.
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Lube for metal to metal http://www.liqui-moly.de/liquimoly/produktdb.nsf/id/en_3010.html?Opendocument&land=DE here cost 6,- €