ROD LUBE
The Persauds
I read earlier that the Tornado lube is the best, but for 3.75 for only
2 oz, isn't that expensive? I buy Motomaster Silicone Lube at my local
Canadian Tire, and its like 4 bucks for 12 oz. I am almost out and its
only been like 1 month, so how does 2 oz. last for 1/2 year as some of
you guys claim? Maybe its because my rods are solid, and so I dunno...
anyways, please e-mail me back on this.
Thanks!
-=Alex=-
Aaron McGowan
I use normal Vasiline and it works great, if you want to wash it off
just use a hand cloth in water. My table's players were so tough to move
that they coulden't even spin. Just use the vasiline and get over it!
Aaron McGowan
amcg...@shaw.wave.ca
Essie
Aaron McGowan wrote in message <351DF5...@shaw.wave.ca>...
>I use normal Vasiline and it works great, if you want to wash it off
>just use a hand cloth in water. My table's players were so tough to move
>that they coulden't even spin. Just use the vasiline and get over it!
>Aaron McGowan
>amcg...@shaw.wave.ca
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Vaseline is a petroleum based product. It will significantly decrease the
lifetime of the plastic bearings and rubber bumpers. I would not suggest it.
I have in the past used gun oil on my rods. I can't remember exactly which
brand, but I remember it contained TEFLON lubricant. It worked well but did
not last very long.
Shon Essman <shon-...@tamu.edu>
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BrU
Any petroleum product will ruin your bearings and bushings, eating them
away like a slow solvent. Hence, the artificial silicone oil. These
synthetic oils also take a lot longer to dry than petroleum distillates,
and give a consistent feel over a wider range of temperatures and
humidities. We've been using Blackjack Tire Shine pure clear silicone
oil
at US $1.68 for 12 oz. From our supermarket's auto section.
But if you really want to hurt your table, use Pledge furniture shine
like a lot of college morons like to do.. These do an even better job of
stripping off the plating on your rods. Like a "glitter" kind of table.
And CN $3.75 for 2 oz isn't that bad, because you might have solid rods,
but Tornado probably has "official 2oz bottle fillers" whose rods aren't
that solid, and whose elevators don't go all the way to the top floor,
since they're a quart low in the middle, y'know??
Brian U
Dan Raymond
>But if you really want to hurt your table, use Pledge furniture shine
>like a lot of college morons like to do.. These do an even better job of
>stripping off the plating on your rods. Like a "glitter" kind of table.
I've actually seen more than one idiot use saliva on the rods of a
foosball table in a bar trying to loosen them up. Invariably, the
rods get stiffer and stiffer and the guy keeps on spitting oblivious
to the fact that he's making it worse.
We use WD-40 but I suppose any silicone lubricant is pretty much the
same.
-Dan
Rocky Willson
In <3527f5ac...@news.flash.net> ray...@rpi.edu (Dan Raymond)
writes:
WD-40 & LDS both contain penetrating agents which can cause damage to
the chrome, the plastic bearings, and premature crumbling of the
bumpers.
It probably is OK for Tornado tables because of their no peel warranty
on the rods and the other parts are cheap to replace and tend to be
replaced anyway, but I wouldn't use it on other brands. It use to take
the chrome right off them old TS rods.
................................Rocky Willson
BXTHREE
I have seen Pizza grease used more than once
.>But if you really want to hurt your table, use Pledge furniture shine
>>like a lot of college morons like to do..
>I've actually seen more than one idiot use saliva on the rods of a
>foosball table in a bar trying to loosen them up
Saliva works as a good lube for some things, but not foosball rods LOL
Bruce Nardoci
Dan Raymond wrote:
>
> >But if you really want to hurt your table, use Pledge furniture shine
> >stripping off the plating on your rods. Like a "glitter" kind of table.
>
> rods get stiffer and stiffer and the guy keeps on spitting oblivious
> to the fact that he's making it worse.
>
> We use WD-40 but I suppose any silicone lubricant is pretty much the
> same.
>
> -Dan
I've seen people in bars pour beer on the rods to loosen them up - it
works fine for a minute or two until the beer evaporates, then you have
a sticky mess and can't move the bar at all. Of course the apparently
obvious answer to that was pour more beer on it again...
William A. Statt
I have found that using W D 40 will put an early end to the rubber bumpers.
Dan Raymond
>I've seen people in bars pour beer on the rods to loosen them up - it
>works fine for a minute or two until the beer evaporates, then you have
>a sticky mess and can't move the bar at all. Of course the apparently
>obvious answer to that was pour more beer on it again...
That's just damn wrong on so many levels! ;)
BrU
BXTHREE wrote:
> > I have seen Pizza grease used more than once
> >>like a lot of college morons like to do..
>
> Saliva works as a good lube for some things, but not foosball rods LOL
That's for sure! You never want to be stuck where you're mouth is, at
any
moment. ROTF ;-0)
BrU
Bruce Nardoci wrote:
> I've seen people in bars pour beer on the rods to loosen them up - it
> works fine for a minute or two until the beer evaporates, then you have
> a sticky mess and can't move the bar at all. Of course the apparently
> obvious answer to that was pour more beer on it again...
Some of my old fooz buddies must have been foosball tables in another
life... You give em a little beer and they loosen up, good to go for a
while, then you have to add more beer, and at the end of the night,
they make a sticky mess..