Me too Ken. Buy a bottle - use it up in a few years - buy another
bottle. I guess it was too easy. But like I said, I don't have any hard
evidence that the stuff is bad.
On 7/7/2012 7:02 PM, Ken Achee wrote:
>
> Awwww......hate to hear that Bill. I thought the shock oil was gonna
> be the primo lube.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 4:50 PM, William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com
> <mailto:wdgowen_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> You can treat this as unproven anecdotal evidencebut Fred gave me
> some of that lube a few years ago and I had what seemed at the
> time as an extreme amount of motor breakage. I quit using it. I
> recently also quit using silicone shock oil for the same reason.
> (also unsupported by any hard evidence)
>
> Another issue that's come up recently is the change in newer
> batches of Armorall and Sonofagun. The new stuff is a lot thicker.
> I haven't used any of it since I have some old bottles of Armorall
> on hand but I'm very suspicious of what it might contain. (Leo
> will know!)
>
> On 7/7/2012 4:05 PM, Mark F1diddler wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
>> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, Bill Carney
>> <wcarneyjx_at_...> <mailto:wcarneyjx_at_...> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > What do you use for F1D?
>> >
>> > Bill
>>
>> If it's a semi-important flight, I'll use the stuff Fred Tellier
>> gave me which he lifted from General Motors when he worked there.
>> Says they use it for rubber/neoprene bearings lube, etc. I like
>> the viscosity, but have no idea what its base is--possibly
>> silicone, but it has a distinct odor, unlike straight silicone.
>> For unimportant flights, I'll use any common lube, such as
>> regular non-dehydrated Son of a Gun, or whatever turns up in the
>> tool box--have leftovers from experimenting with all, and can't
>> distinguish significant differences at least concerning
>> turns/inch. Weight per effect is the main issue, IMO. I might be
>> using FAI Slick Lube for everything, but it seems necessary to
>> wash it off motors for storage, and I'm not organized enough to
>> do that every time.
>>
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