If you couldn't run krytox...?

[Vitamin K]

Hey folks, this is a hypothetical, but I'm just curious what you think of it.

Let's say you have a situation where you're going to enter a car into a Pinewood Derby-esque race. You and your kid have shaped it, and weighted it. Worked the axles and bores. Tuned the alignment. You've waxed the bores with Red Rocket (or something) and sprayed the axles with Jig (or something). The race is tomorrow and then you discover...you're out of krytox completely. Yes, your two year old got into your sacred pinewood derby box and emptied every precious drop of your miracle oil out.

Assuming you have no other pineheads around that you can beg a few drops of oil from, what's your move at that point?

- Clean the jig from the axles and re-prep the car for graphite?

- Use an alternative to krytox that you can buy locally? (Sewing machine oil?)

- Something else? (Silicone oil?)

What do you guys think?

 

[ngyoung]

I would probably go with graphite. If the oil process isn't done right the advantage is lost and you could even do worse then graphite.

 

[txchemist]

Find a bike store and buy some Finish Line Stanchion Lube
It is 100% Krytox

Go to the Scout store and buy Krytox.

They will NOT have surfactant in them so will not be as fast as DD4H oil, but within 80% and faster than graphite.

 

[Vitamin K]

Find a bike store and buy some Finish Line Stanchion Lube
It is 100% Krytox

Go to the Scout store and buy Krytox.

They will NOT have surfactant in them so will not be as fast as DD4H oil, but within 80% and faster than graphite.

Had forgotten that they sold Krytox in the Scout Store, now. Duhrrr. /images/boards/smilies/smile.gif

First I'd heard of this Finish Line lube. Do you happen to know what formulation of Krytox it is? Is it GPL100? If so, that's the best price I've seen the stuff for.

 

[BulldogRacing]

Baby seal oil, bullet sells it.