I am finished with graphite

[TWarwick07]

I finally have had enough , when i was adding the graphite to my 2 cars tonight i realized how much i hate the stuff. it is all over the side of my pink car that i spent 2 weeks painting and as soon as i put the wheels on last week poof ... graphite everywhere. i didnt care that much it kind of gives the car character but after lubing up the 2 cars tonight i realized what a mess this stuff makes. Cant wait to start running with oil.

anyone else despise graphite as much as me ??

 

[GravityX]

...anyone else despise graphite as much as me ??

I do believe the general consensus here will agree with you 100% on this.

 

[TWarwick07]

I figured as much just needed to rant

 

[True North Racing]

I do believe the general consensus here will agree with you 100% on this.

+1

 

[BulldogRacing]

I feel you brother!

 

[Maglev]

So glad it's all over for most of us. Now come over and race fast cars with us - oil is what the big boys race with!

 

[ScoutRacer]

I prefer not to use graphite also, but 3 out of the 4 races that we are participating in this year require the use of it.

 

[down4derby]

I prefer not to use graphite also, but 3 out of the 4 races that we are participating in this year require the use of it.

I believe someone posted in the past how to remove graphite from paint. I think they used mineral oil or something to lift the graphite out then clean the oil off, not sure tho.

 

[TRE]

use baby oil

 

[TWarwick07]

use baby oil

wish i would have tried that , i used alcohol pads and it cleaned up a little but took some paint off too. its ok but now i know better for next time

Hoping there wont be a next time. Is it true that if you do the oil right it dries completely and wont drip on the track??

 

[Vitamin K]

Hoping there wont be a next time. Is it true that if you do the oil right it dries completely and wont drip on the track??

If applied properly, oil does not drip on the track.

However, oil does not dry completely. Pull an axle of a car that's raced, and you'll see the little beads of oil on the axle.

Oil is a wet lubricant, it isn't dry. There's no permutation of the word 'dry' in a logical universe that makes it apply to oil. Better to demonstrate an oil-lubed car to your race officials and ask that they change the rules, than try to justify running an oil car in a "dry lubricants only" race.

Ok, I am done with the soapbox now. /images/boards/smilies/smile.gif

 

[txchemist]

Sometimes the universe is not as logical as you would think- Example: some ski waxes for "dry" conditions ( that still gets Krytox oil as a last layer) and different ones for "wet" will get the name "dry" lubricant even if it is not dry its self.
Also bike lubes are sold for "dry" or "wet" racing conditions and so the label on the can can say "this is a DRY lube", when it never is completely dry- just a good lube for dry conditions.
Some waxes may be solid when applied, but just a little friction and it melts and forms a liquid layer that goes back solid when friction is removed..

 

[Vitamin K]

Well, I don't think I've seen a ruleset that says "lubricant for dry conditions only." There might be some middle ground, but any lubricant that comes out of a bottle as a liquid and stays liquid for the duration of its use is definitely not "dry." If you're using some kind of ablative wax, you might have a leg to stand on. But you certainly don't if you're using Krytox or D1 or Rocket Fuel.

 

[Pacfanweb]

I believe someone posted in the past how to remove graphite from paint. I think they used mineral oil or something to lift the graphite out then clean the oil off, not sure tho.

WD40 on a rag will do it also

 

[Quicktimederby]

I just finished prepping all my cars for National's on graphite. Now there is something different!!

 

[Vitamin K]

I just finished prepping all my cars for National's on graphite. Now there is something different!!

You mean your DFW wheels, or something hush hush?

 

[TWarwick07]

WD40 on a rag will do it also

I have to endorse this suggestion, i tries some wd40 on a paper towel last night and it wiped the smeared graphite right off the side of the car and it looks almost as good as new

 

[Pacfanweb]

I just finished prepping all my cars for National's on graphite. Now there is something different!!

 

[Pacfanweb]

Well, I don't think I've seen a ruleset that says "lubricant for dry conditions only." There might be some middle ground, but any lubricant that comes out of a bottle as a liquid and stays liquid for the duration of its use is definitely not "dry." If you're using some kind of ablative wax, you might have a leg to stand on. But you certainly don't if you're using Krytox or D1 or Rocket Fuel.

I've seen rules that say "dry lube only". Then it'll usually say "such as graphite or teflon white lube".

I've seen rules that say "Graphite only".

One clearly means you can't run oil...the other can be debated.

 

[txchemist]

VK-I was not suggesting you break the rules- I was pointing out you can buy cans of various stuff that say "Dry lube" right on the can, but in fact under a scope you see liquid. Some "Dry Teflon" lubes still have some liquid Krytox in them that show up only under a scope-so just be warned "Dry Lube" does not mean the lube is 100% dry. How you took this information and thought I was suggesting it was OK to bend the rules is not what my goal was. My goal was information some may not have considered.