Alternative to rocket fuel ?

Member Joined: Nov 17, 2011 Posts: 27 Location: doncaster

hi guys is there a alternative to rocket fuel ,some thing that is not to slow wen cold or to fast wen hot ?? thanks ian

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:25 am

Can't undrstand why you use it in the first place as it dries out very quickly. I have always use sewing machine oil for lubricating reels.
Cheers
keith big grin

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Try a drop of 3 IN 1 oil it's what I use and never had a problem.

Pete

Member Joined: Nov 17, 2011 Posts: 27 Location: doncaster

THANKS to both of you but i find 3 in 1 & sewing machine oil & a lot of different oils go very viscus wen cold & it takes meters of your cast , i did us a engine additive but i have for got it's name happy

ian

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:26 pm

Was it Molybendenium by any chance?
Cheers
keith big grin

Member Joined: Nov 17, 2011 Posts: 27 Location: doncaster

I can't remember keith i have been trying to contact a mate how uses it all i know is he put it in the fuel or engine , i no a lot of the top casters use it as well but wot makes it so good is the fact no matter how or cold it gets it stays the same . happy

ian

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:59 pm

WD 40

Member Joined: Nov 17, 2011 Posts: 27 Location: doncaster

no its not WD40 is a fish oil and it cacks the bearings up, soz mat thanks any way happy

ian

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:24 pm

If you put it in the oil it would more than likely be molybedenium, if you put it in the fuel it would be Redex.
Cheers
keith big grin

Member Joined: Nov 17, 2011 Posts: 27 Location: doncaster

IT'S not redx keith i will now buy the weekand thanks ian happy

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:13 am

fishy1330 wrote:

no its not WD40 is a fish oil

Urban Myth - it's a petrochemical product.
Although the makers won't say what is in it, they do say that it does NOT contain fish oil.

See:

http://www.wd40.com/about-us/myths-legends-fun-facts/

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/wd-40.asp

Frank

Member Joined: Feb 20, 2011 Posts: 67 Location: Folkestone

Slick 50, Used with bearings in an old deepfat fryer. It penetrates the surface of the metal by a few microns in effect givving them a ptfe coating. happy

Regular Joined: Jul 26, 2009 Posts: 343 Location: Surrey

3in1 and sewing machine oil are light (about 10W I think) and are very satisfactory reel oils. If you want a lower viscosity, say 5W, you would have to hunt around for one, but I can't really see the point, unless you are tournament casting, your casting is as good as you can make it, and you want the extra metre or two. For fishing, no.

But don't use WD40: it is not a lubricant.

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:15 pm

Getting back to WD40 I understand that it is used a bait additive with varying degrees of success.

Member Joined: Nov 17, 2011 Posts: 27 Location: doncaster

thanks Frank i now no a bit more about wd40 now , just as well i never sprayed it on my bait , but i have seen plenty of folk do it . maniacmark i tryed Slick 50 years a go i found it turns to thick wen cold it's ok wen it's hot, as for tournament casting i am not that good but i like to be able to fish any were i wont to regardless of how far it is, there is nothing worse than the man next to caching and you being 10 meter short of the fish, batting eyelashes

thanks again for your input ian