Tippmann Boss Hand Stitcher Grease

[Kcstott]

11 hours ago, ensitmike said:

Likely for the same reason people swear by sewing machine oil...

1. Don't understand lubricants

2. Marketing and Wives-tales

 

That said, clear oil has some benefits. Grease doesn't have the same problem of dripping down the presser foot though.

I have to agree. The same BS is perpetrated in the gun industry. 
for 99% of applications oil is oil and grease is grease. Few things need anything specific. 

[Evo160K]

Thanks one and all for your comments.

So I was wanting clear grease to minimize the risk of soiling the goods.  If Gottaknow uses Tri-Flow, that'll certainly be fine for me.  Thanks again all.

Edited April 19, 2020 by Evo160K

[dikman]

7 hours ago, Kcstott said:

I have to agree. The same BS is perpetrated in the gun industry.

It's amazing the number of different lubricating products there are for firearms. A new one seems to come out every couple of months!

It's also amazing how many just use good ol' 3-in-1 on their firearms.

Edited April 19, 2020 by dikman

[ensitmike]

9 hours ago, Kcstott said:

I have to agree. The same BS is perpetrated in the gun industry. 
for 99% of applications oil is oil and grease is grease. Few things need anything specific. 

Exactly the same! Nice example.

The big irony is that sewing machine culture gathered around Tri-Flow.... a bike lube, HA! 

Nothing wrong with the brand, but funny none the less.

Edited April 19, 2020 by ensitmike

[Bert51]

Yeah maybe, but I use it on any thing and every thing. motorbike or pushbike, even on the ute or the car, I have been using it before i started using it on my sewing machine, after all it is grease.................. and if it needs lubing I use it, except for my wheel bearing, gotta a blue one for that job.

Bert.

[Kcstott]

13 hours ago, dikman said:

It's amazing the number of different lubricating products there are for firearms. A new one seems to come out every couple of months!

It's also amazing how many just use good ol' 3-in-1 on their firearms.

I'm one of them. 3 in 1 is light Turbine oil. great lubrication, great antioxidant, great load carrying ability. and it's no $12 an oz. like a lot of the gun oil.  

[Kcstott]

 

7 hours ago, Bert51 said:

Yeah maybe, but I use it on any thing and every thing. motorbike or pushbike, even on the ute or the car, I have been using it before i started using it on my sewing machine, after all it is grease.................. and if it needs lubing I use it, except for my wheel bearing, gotta a blue one for that job.

Bert.

Super lube make a non silicone version clear grease. good stuff I have a tube of it in the garage. 

[Gunnarsson]

Many lubricants will work well enough in many places. For some of us experimenting is interesting, finding our own solutions, while others just want their machines - whatever kind - to just work. For the people who just want things to work it's a safe bet to use the lubricant the machine manufacturer recommends. It's not like you go through gallons of it every week, in most cases.

[Evo160K]

2 hours ago, Kcstott said:

 

Super lube make a non silicone version clear grease. good stuff I have a tube of it in the garage. 

 

Kcstott,

What's the part number on that tube?  Thanks very much. 

[ensitmike]

1 hour ago, Evo160K said:

 

Kcstott,

What's the part number on that tube?  Thanks very much. 

This is the stuff I mentioned. Likely the same stuff. Also comes in tubes.

https://www.amazon.com/Super-Lube-41160-Synthetic-Translucent/dp/B0083R1FME/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=super+lube&qid=1587340226&sr=8-3

Edited April 19, 2020 by ensitmike