Woo Hoo ! My Lubriplate arrived in the mail today!
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Aguila Blanca
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Shortwave is correct. A little goes a long way. Lubriplate is a great lubricant, but don't smear it on like butter over pancakes.
Ideal Tool
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Thats about 10X too much..only need a slight film..any more only collects grit.
IMO that stuff is overated as a lube..years ago put light film on garage door opener, that was in very early spring..by fall the door was stopping halfway up..thought motor was going..Nope..it was that Lubriplate..it had oxidized & thickened up..had to clean it all off with solvent.
IMO that stuff is overated as a lube..years ago put light film on garage door opener, that was in very early spring..by fall the door was stopping halfway up..thought motor was going..Nope..it was that Lubriplate..it had oxidized & thickened up..had to clean it all off with solvent.
Lubriplate now has an online store:
http://www.lubriplate.com/webstore/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=4
I think it was $29.61 which included shipping.
http://www.lubriplate.com/webstore/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=4
I think it was $29.61 which included shipping.
Aguila Blanca
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Back in the 1960s and '70s, when I was into racing cars rather than tinkering with 1911s, I bought the factory service manual for every car I owned. For most lubricants, they specified the SAE viscosity and for gear lubes a GL number ... but never a brand. Door hinges: "white lithium-based grease" ... but never a brand name.
For certain, very specific application, though, the factory manuals specified Lubriplate. I have always figured if it was the ONLY lubricant that I ever saw called out specifically by name in a bunch of books filled with lubrication specifications, there must be something ti it. I use it on the rails and locking lugs of 1911s. Brownells sells it, and they won't sell anything they aren't willing to stand behind.
For certain, very specific application, though, the factory manuals specified Lubriplate. I have always figured if it was the ONLY lubricant that I ever saw called out specifically by name in a bunch of books filled with lubrication specifications, there must be something ti it. I use it on the rails and locking lugs of 1911s. Brownells sells it, and they won't sell anything they aren't willing to stand behind.
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Aguila Blanca
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Zero, how did you decide on the product you ordered? That's NOT the Lubriplate product Brownells sells for firearms. Brownells sells product no. 130-A, which is not white but more of a light tan color. It also costs a lot less -- Brownells' price in the current catalog is $17.99 for a 14-oz. can.
Well first of all I read this article that this guy Grant Cunningham wrote. And while I was disappointed that he didn’t use references, the information he presented got me interested in the field of lubrication. So I started studying everything I could on lubrication and reading forums like “Bob the oil guy”, Noria, forum. Basically places where oil and grease fanatics talk about oil and grease all day.
You think we get crazy talking about “what’s the best handgun?” – you should hear these guys argue about “what’s the best synthetic motor oil?”
I wrote to Grant Cunningham and asked if he would provide documentation for what he presented in his article but he ignored my question. But the more I read about lubrication the more I thought he may be right.
And I finally came across a thread on firearms lubrication that was generated by oil and grease guys and not firearms enthusiasts.
So anyway, I decided to test out the Lubriplate, as recommended in his article.
Here is Grant Cunningham’s article again and a thread from the “Bob the oil guy” forum:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1195835
http://www.grantcunningham.com/lubricants101.html
You think we get crazy talking about “what’s the best handgun?” – you should hear these guys argue about “what’s the best synthetic motor oil?”
I wrote to Grant Cunningham and asked if he would provide documentation for what he presented in his article but he ignored my question. But the more I read about lubrication the more I thought he may be right.
And I finally came across a thread on firearms lubrication that was generated by oil and grease guys and not firearms enthusiasts.
So anyway, I decided to test out the Lubriplate, as recommended in his article.
Here is Grant Cunningham’s article again and a thread from the “Bob the oil guy” forum:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1195835
http://www.grantcunningham.com/lubricants101.html
I belive I paid like 2.00 for the tub I have been dipping into it for years. Is great for engine assembly and such as that.
I put it on the slides on my tool box drawers like 40 years ago and it is
still there today doing its thing.
Parts stores have it in various sizes and no shipping.
Try some marvel mystery oil next...
but never sea foam
I put it on the slides on my tool box drawers like 40 years ago and it is
still there today doing its thing.
Parts stores have it in various sizes and no shipping.
Try some marvel mystery oil next...
but never sea foam
Not as dirty as I thought it would be
I expected the white grease to be be grey with carbon junk.
I fired about 100 rounds through it today and the grease seems relatively clean to me.
I really had the grease gooped on there but I didn't have any problems with the pistol.
My G34 had NGLI #1 GP packing grease on it - so much that when I fired my first shot it splattered grease on my shooting hand. Didn't have any problem with that pistol either.
I expected the white grease to be be grey with carbon junk.
I fired about 100 rounds through it today and the grease seems relatively clean to me.
I really had the grease gooped on there but I didn't have any problems with the pistol.
My G34 had NGLI #1 GP packing grease on it - so much that when I fired my first shot it splattered grease on my shooting hand. Didn't have any problem with that pistol either.
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Lubriplate doesn't market their lubricants to the shooting community. The grease shown is SFL-0, a lubricant that commonly used in food service equipment.
Their SFL product in zero NGLI weight is SFL-0.
I think the smallest qty that they sell it is 14oz cans. Their SFL product in zero NGLI weight, in 14oz cans is product# 19601
Their SFL product in zero NGLI weight is SFL-0.
I think the smallest qty that they sell it is 14oz cans. Their SFL product in zero NGLI weight, in 14oz cans is product# 19601
