All Purpose Home-Brew lubricant...
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- This Grease-Oil mixture was a chain lubricant used on vintage motorcycles. I've used this lube for many years on my Vises, tools and many other high friction surfaces.
I made this batch a little thicker viscosity for chassis application but can easily be made thinner by adding more oil. A 60/40 or 70/30 mix will increase flow and penetration. - บันเทิง
Most homeowners don't need the variety of lubricants that you have. Could you do a video on top 5 or 10 lubricants home owners should have? This would be extremely helpful for the average handyman homeowner.
I always like when you share your recipes!! Will try this one but I'll give the mineral oil with vaseline a try first! Thanks again!!!
I just started using a three part oil to one part grease mixture a few months ago. It works fantastic on all kinds of applications.
DUDEZILLA! I unsealed it a few weeks ago!!! GOD BLESS GRANDPA McBride! He SAVED everything and kept everything in pristine condition!!!! THANKS! I cannot wait to make you special mix!!!! I just need to find an old school oil can to store it...
This is today's project, great idea.
Great vid. Ty. Love the hot plate on the clothes washer and dryer. Brilliant!!
Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!
Ha! I love the intro!!! “My neighbor said oil is oil.” Long, drawn out sigh of disappointment...
Oil of the month club . Great video
I just read the comments below & like the idea of mixing the Red Lithium Grease and MMO ...What you have done this video is show people how to make different weight oils . Unlike way back before our time (World War II and b4) I don't think there was such a variety of oils or even detergent oil as there is now . So people made thier own concoctions. As for me , if I needed some chain lube , I may just go buy some 40w-60 or some such pre made oil. I am interested in that idea of mixing the Red Lithium Grease and MMO though .
AmericanCoinHunting Hi Dave! I think anyone from our "era" has a fondness for MMO. 😃 I will try it out and do an update to let you know how it works... I won't make it quite as thick... I'm even going to try Petroleum Jelly and mineral oil for a "non-toxic' lubrication! Thanks!
I made this. Been doing some big pipe wrenches lately. This mix works great rubbed inside the nut. The slide on the spring jaw doesn't feel sticky and the operation is smooooth.
Hello Felix!!! These mixes are really great!!! I always use them! Also the 50/50 acetone/tranny fluid mix! They really work well!!!! So glad you saw this!!!! Thanks !!!!!!!!!
The days of a big companies like Honda putting Home Brew Recipes in their owner's manuals is gone.
LOL!!!!!! Isn't that the truth!
Now there's a growing dispute over right to repair. Its getting ridiculous.
@@WaterBearOfficial I saw a video a while back where the John Deere tractors had become an issue because of the computers in there.............It's pretty bad when you have to fight for your right to repair farm equipment.
Farmers repairing their own equipment is part of what being a farmer is about.
I can not believe this, we did that 40 years ago for our tractor pulley but we did not warmed up because temperature was really hot back home.
I work as a maintenance guy. I carry a small bottle of lock oil with me all the time (made by CRC). It works on 95% of the things I need oil for. It even has some penetrative substances in it, so it helps with loosening rusted bolts etc.
For rubber i use silicon based grease, for bearings proper bearing grease. Other than that, I haven't had the need for other oils or lubricants. Nevertheless, yours is a nice recipe and I might give it a try. I see that being especially useful in freezing temperatures where grease is too thick and oil still too runny. Thanks for sharing.
Kopsu It's funny how we all have our favorite oils and lubes.. I too like CRC products, they are geared more for the professional and not for sale all over.. I know guys who love 3 in 1 oil because the smell "takes them back"! One of my favorites is Marvel Mystery Oil because my Dad always had it on the shelf... I'm going to mix up a batch of Red Lithium Grease and Marvel Mystery Oil next! Thanks much for stopping by! 😃👍
He there young Jedi!!!!!!!! I am waiting for the AUTO FAIR at Charlotte Motor Speedway to get a SWEET old oil can so I can mix up your 'SCOUTCRAFTER MIX' and put it in. OKIE DOKIE!?!?!?!?!?! Trust me, I will document the whole thing and give you a much deserved SHOUT OUT to you.......
Awesome!
wow im not the only one who does this? i keep a small jam jar with this, our multi purpose grease in the uk in nowhere near as stiff as yours starts out anyway or as dark. i dont use heat to mix mine, but patience, put about 70/30 in a jar about 3/4 full to allow for adjustment, mix and let set overnight as it absorbs the oil naturally. i use this in some of my ratchets as i find neat grease might make them skip a tooth, and oil of course wouldnt stay in them long. i like mine to 'just' want to flow under its own weight, but no more, not like a thick oil really, like jello that isnt quite set? if that makes sense.
jusb1066- That is awesome! I have been mixing lubricants for some time too, depending on the application oil might be too light and grease too heavy. You're right about the mix, sometimes if the combination is too thick I thin it down, sometimes it thickens as it gets colder too. The warming of the grease/oil just helps it combine and not separate when cool. One of my favorite batches is that Vaseline and baby oil mix! It works great for wiping down tools and is non toxic! Thanks!!! 😃👍
im gonna give it a try! thanks!
Hi Martin! There is a "Home-Brew lubricants part 2!" I'm so glad you saw this! Thanks!!!!!!!!!
ScoutCrafter yeah i've watched part 2, and a few other ones, even the laudray soap, i'm gonna give a try, thanks!!
THANK YOU...for sharing. Like the motorcycle, do you still ride?
Cool learn something new everyday Scout
Hello Wayne! This really works great!!!! Part 2 has more great lubes! Thanks so much!!!!!!!
Hey Scoutcrafter - love all your terrific tips.
Have a question - I'm refurbing my uncle's table saw and was goining back and forth as to what lube to use on the pinions and gears etc.
Do you think your homebrew 50/50 mc chain lube would be good for this? I was thinking this might be easier to maintain that pure grease which would probably get very bunked up with saw dust over time.
Scout let me come over one day . I'll bring toys .😁
My tools are my toys
Cool
Hey there buddy!! I hope all is well with you in your neck of the woods. Question for you, I have a new/ old can of Quaker State wheel bearing grease I got when my grandpa McBride passed away... It has to be from the 60s. Can I use that to mix up with oil to make your awesome lube?????
Years ago I worked in a shop we build coilers and we used a really thick grease for the gears. And we had to heat the grease like you did, while it was heating up I moved on to the hydraulic piping and for got about the grease it boiled over and caught the hot plate on fire what a mess. After that I kept a close an eye on it😵
I am always afraid of that! LOL
ScoutCrafter--Do you think this would work well on the chain of an overhead garage door opener?
Informative video. Which of your home brews should we use to lube gears in ratchet wrenches, especially the non- maintenance type like your early Craftsman? Grease in the gear over time turns into hard crud and 3 in 1 machine oil does not cling to the teeth on the gear.
Hi José, I like the 50/50 Marvel Mystery Oil and Red grease. It has cleaning properties and doesn't dry up! Also I like Mobil One Synthetic grease as it too stays soft...
@@ScoutCrafter Do you recommend that we heat the lubricant to aid seepage into the sealed ratchet? Thank you for your guidance.
I’m getting ready to make a batch, but I have a couple questions. What is the purpose of non-detergent vs regular?? Non-detergent oil is actually a little hard to find. As for the grease, what is the theory behind general purpose vs say high pressure? Or is it just based on selecting the least expensive option?
Hello John, Great questions! The Non-detergent oil is indeed harder to find! But worth it, here's why. Before 1950 most cars did not have oil filters and used regular non- detergent oil, the oil was just a lubricant and cooler. The dirt in the oil would find it's way to the bottom of the oil pan and sit there for ever! Then in the 50's cars came out with a Oil filter and they started adding detergents to the oil so dirt would be suspended in oil and then the filter would remove it! So for strictly lubrication you don't want detergents suspending dirt! You want non-detergent oil. As for the Grease, The only thing I would change is I would try to get regular Red Grease to mix with the Marvel Mystery Oil, the High temp grease takes longer to melt and blend. Did you see the part 2 to this? all great stuff! Hope you try it! Thanks!!!!!!!!
I cannot find that oil in my country, sae 30 not detergent...any modern replacement? Found chain saw oil but this one doesnt have SAE lable...it witten lubrication for motorcycle chains, etc. What do you think?
Ought to bring the oil pressure back up
It's like a zero grease. Some of our new trucks are using zero grease in the gear boxes instead of gear oil.
What happened to the motorcycle? Do u regreat not having it ?.
Hello Eliseo! I have a different one now... A Yamaha enduro! =) Thanks!!!!!!
Wouldn't it be better to use grass lube? You still have long grease molecule chains and short oil chains, not medium oil molecule chains.
Save money - straight 30 non-detergent oil is what you use to make 2-stroke fuel.
Hey Paul! Great tip! I live in the city so they load the gas up here with ethanol so the gas doesn't last too long! For my weed whacker and other 2 stroke items I dont use much I use the synthetic fuel from Stihl, works great with no gumming up! Thanks again!!!!!
If I did this on the washer, my wife would kill me.
Hello WW- LOL. My washer/dryer are my favorite workbenches!!! 😃👍
I see that You have Your Own hot plate and pot instead of useing the wives kitchen stuff
Smart move
Hey there buddy!! I hope all is well with you in your neck of the woods. Question for you, I have a new/ old can of Quaker State wheel bearing grease I got when my grandpa McBride passed away... It has to be from the 60s. Can I use that to mix up with oil to make your awesome lube?????
Hi Andy! I can't see why not! As long as it isn't crusty or over dried. If the container was sealed it should work great! You will really like the lube!