Bike maintenance tips #4 | DIY PTFE Teflon Wet Chain Lube - Quick easy cheap!
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Not a secret! How to make wet chain lube from easily available ingredients. 17 times cheaper than equivalent volume lubes from the shop.
Wet lube recipe: gearforventure.com/how-to-mak...
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I would try boron nitride powder - seems cheaper and more effective. Suppose to be the same stuff they are using in those "ceramic“ chain lube
Good info.
Rapeseed oil, liquid Vegetable Glycerine and .Olive Oil Pomace.
Rapeseed is the oil, glycerine is the thickener and pomace is the anti oxidant.
Like this recipe. I’ll give a go for my next batch. Thank you 🙏
@@North3rdMediaHi, I think this is what Green oil use, they use T-NOC in their literature. Glycerol is a Triglyceride hence the T, I think the NOC is Nitrogen, Oxygen and Carbon from the Olive pomace. Another thing you can do is add the liquid vegetable glycerol to chainsaw oil to thicken it.
Excelent. Ive got all this in the shop. even a gallon can of ptfe, HINT: mix some of that in your snowboard wax, I won races doing that when i used to snowboard race!
Have you a link to the gallon can of PTFE? The snowboard wax idea is ace. The PTFE powder is a faff to handle.
I'm currently trying a 2:1 mix of 5w-20 synthetic:toluene. Curious how toluene compares with mineral spirits.
Toluene? Have to look this up. Thank you
Could you use teflon and silicone spray that is in a spray can???? Maybe cook the solution for a couple of minutes ???? This should make a dry lube. Supposedly dry lubes do not attract dust and dirt. Do not know this for sure but dry lube you buy commercially just leaves a white residue which is the teflon.
Hi, I think that could work. Or use the white spirit in place of the silicon spray as it will evaporate leaving the Teflon behind.
@@North3rdMedia Years ago at a tractor show, I seen a teflon dry spray. Bought a can for two bucks. This was the best dry lube I had ever used. Unfortunately for what ever reason could not buy any more. That was thirty years ago. That is all I remember. Nice video and will be making me some soon. Thanks
the teflon is in fact a ptfe
@@chopperpl That is correct.
I did the same thing. But I bought the box. But eventually everything gets used up. Now it has been years since that happened and have nothing that can replace the great stuff.
Can I use Kerosene or Paint thinner for the white spirit alternative? We dont have White spirit here in asia
Any that can thin down own and ideally evaporate. Paint thinner will work as long as it is mineral oil.
Make a dry lube with WD40 and isopropyl alchohol, and the ptfe. WD40/alch will evaporate and leave the ptfe on the chain.
Noted for the future 👍
what kind of proportions do you use, for that mix?
Cheapest white candles. 500 grams, add 25 gram 1.6 micron PTFE, make it flow. Degrease chain in petrol, dip in wax for 20 minutes, take out, leave to dry out. Nothing even water doesnt stick to it. Runs smooth as butter. Cheaper than yer mix captain. Better than yer mix.
Good chain, will last up to 40,000 km, if treated every 250-300 km. Nothing else even comes close.
Good but not that good. It is not cheap in time to prepare. Lot of mess.
thoughts on adding graphite instead of ptfe? or in addition to ptfe?
No, that I have not heard of it, but not as something I could get (buy). Have you tried it? If easily available then yes I’ll give it a go. (I’ll have enough lube till the end of time LOL)
@@North3rdMedia ordered graphite from Amazon yesterday. Will try it out. Also ordered risolone with zddp
What does the STP bring to the table?
It amongst other things adds anti-oxidation agents to the mix.
The recipe I used is in the description. Had no reason to argue with it. That batch from the video is still going strong today.
Can't get PTFE powder in my country. Could I mix ACE pipe thread compound?
lord am i late to the party but did u find any alternatives ?
@@dhananjaydeshmukh817it’s fine 😅. Actually I had to order from the USA. 25USD with shipping. Everything great since. Recommended
But if you’re not comfortable using the pressure washer and damaging your bearings you may use spirits from the hardware store. That’ll make your chain squeaky clean.
Only thing missing are mentos and some coke.
The solution would not work well. The sticky solution would attract dirt a lot. Though the coke may make the chain shiny. 🤔
change the ptfe to tungsten disulphide
Use directly or as an additive with greases or oils. Can be mixed with isopropyl alcohol and painted on to surfaces to leave a thin layer of ultra performance lubricant. May be 'burnished' on to metals to give a fine low friction coating just microns thick.
Just use synthetic oil you are good to go
Agree, been using engine oil and white spirit for years now. Regular jet wash chain cleaning is the secret.
Whay kind of synthetic oil do you use ? mahal po kasi ng mga zefal. mas gusto ko ung DIY/homemade. Thanks
@@xSO20 any sysnthetic oil po wag kayo bibili ng full synthetic andaming chemical agents na nakakasira ng o ring etc. i used mine for wet lubing kapag muddy terrain trail ang gagawin ko
@@marklouieadame ano pong syntethic oil brand gamit niyo? Dami po kasing klaseng oil. Pwede po ba ung mineral oil or ung mga 2t motor oil?
@@xSO20 2t okay din gamitin gamit ko mobil synthetic blend