I use WD40 in a similar application. I have padlocks that got water in them and froze up. I fill them with WD40. No problems since I started the practice.
--- On Fri, 5/8/09, Stuart Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Stuart Reynolds <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Kroil > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 6:48 PM > Has anyone ever thought about using > Boeshield/similar for squirting > into swages, or think its a bad idea? > Water tends to pool in these and generate rust. Taping them > up or > filling them with caulk accelerates corrosion. > > - Stu > > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 3:15 PM, ken <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ron Rogers wrote: > >> The White Lightning name is coupled with several > different products by that > >> company. The chain lubricant dries to a waxy > substance like Boeshield. But > >> first, the chain must be thoroughly cleaned with > one of their cleaners or > >> another brand. That probably doesn't apply to most > of our uses. > > Actually you do not need to clean the chain first. The > solvents in White > > Lightning will do that and the lube on the chain will > then mix with the > > White Lightning and fall off as it gets dirty, so > after a few > > re-applications of the White Lightning very little of > the original lube > > will be left. > > > > Also, unlike Boesheild, White Lightning contains > Lithium, a very > > excellent high pressure lube.-Ken > > _______________________________________________ > > Liveaboard mailing list > > [email protected] > > To adjust your membership settings over the web > > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > > > To search the archives > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
