Iwatalube, necessary or not?

[colin m]

Olive oil is a very good lube. Popeye uses it all the time. There Some one went that low. I will give myself a warning and quarantine for 5 minutes.
I have at times, back on the subject, used that wonderful 'oil' that lubricates your spec's so they slide off your nose. wonderful stuff. Great for polishing the old pipe STOP IT! I mean the brier. STOP IT I SAID STOP IT. It is also very good for the ferrule of your fishing rod to stop them getting stuck...

OK if your all just going to sit there laughing I will find something else to do.

I now where you're coming from here. A bit off topic, but I sometimes put tamiya tape on my forehead, to de-tack it before use.

[Watto]

I'll remember that the next time I'm camoflaging me forehead...

[stillp]

I think Badgers version, Regdab, works out much cheaper than the Iwata.

I don't know if it's as good but at least it's made specifically for the purpose, rather than risking something else.

I use that occasionally. Interesting that it seems to 'climb out' of the bottle!
Pete

[A_J_Rimmer]

Olive oil is a very good lube. Popeye uses it all the time. There Some one went that low. I will give myself a warning and quarantine for 5 minutes.

Oh God, I've been laughing my arse off at this thread - although why a simple four letter word causes such mirth probably says a lot about me.

I'm actually very impressed that this thread hasn't descended into humorous chaos yet.

[A_J_Rimmer]

I now where you're coming from here. A bit off topic, but I sometimes put tamiya tape on my forehead, to de-tack it before use.

I've always said, what people get up to at the weekend is their own business. :smiling:

[Guest]

Hang on, didn’t he present that Red Dwarf cookery show parody a looooong time ago? Can’t Smeg, Won’t Smeg, IIRC.

[A_J_Rimmer]

Hang on, didn’t he present that Red Dwarf cookery show parody a looooong time ago? Can’t Smeg, Won’t Smeg, IIRC.

God I'd forgotten about that - I'll have to look it up!

[Guest]

[Panzerwrecker]

Likewise, never coated the needle in it, just a drop on the plunger as advised in the Iwata instruction booklet

[andy55]

As I've said before, I mix my own AB cleaner and use a few drops of pure glycerin in it. So everything gets lubed when I clean the AB.

[Del640]

I use it but only on the plunger under the trigger. The pin thats fastened to the trigger goes through a rubber washer before making contact with the air valve pin. This rubber can sometimes be a bit sticky causing a slow return or sticking trigger

Likewise, I never thought of using it on the needle, though.

I use some Ann Summers stuff my wife has when I run out of my regular stuff...but I won't rabbit on about that.