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Tools and Uses => Firearms and Accessories => Topic started by: ren on March 09, 2018, 05:47:43 PM

Title: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: ren on March 09, 2018, 05:47:43 PM: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S1TLETrec_rOPCnZ2aEtqqvsR_a690IA/view (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S1TLETrec_rOPCnZ2aEtqqvsR_a690IA/view)
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: Mr. Farknocker on March 09, 2018, 06:26:36 PM: Interesting article. I wish you published this about a half century earlier. Then my teachers would have believed me when I said that my pencils ate my homework.
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: rklapp on March 09, 2018, 09:09:14 PM: Isn't graphite a preferable alternative to grease in desert environments to prevent sand buildup?

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Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: dogman on March 09, 2018, 09:38:10 PM: And I just started using this stuff . . . "graphite based" :(
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: rklapp on March 09, 2018, 10:08:34 PM: Quote from: dogman on March 09, 2018, 09:38:10 PM
And I just started using this stuff . . . "graphite based" :(
I tried it recently but didn't like it because it was making too much of a mess with the dies.
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: dogman on March 09, 2018, 10:28:31 PM: Quote from: rklapp on March 09, 2018, 10:08:34 PM
I tried it recently but didn't like it because it was making too much of a mess with the dies.
Did you use it with the application media?
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: rklapp on March 09, 2018, 10:50:14 PM: I dipped the necks only into the graphite media. I bought both the graphite and Imperial Sizing Die Wax to compare (not together of course). I liked the Imperial (no dented necks) but might retry the graphite again sometime.
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: macsak on March 09, 2018, 10:52:38 PM: Quote from: dogman on March 09, 2018, 09:38:10 PM
And I just started using this stuff . . . "graphite based" :(

loob
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: dogman on March 09, 2018, 10:57:51 PM: I just read smokeless powder contains graphite.
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: dogman on March 09, 2018, 11:02:33 PM: Quote from: rklapp on March 09, 2018, 10:50:14 PM
I dipped the necks only into the graphite media. I bought both the graphite and Imperial Sizing Die Wax to compare (not together of course). I liked the Imperial (no dented necks) but might retry the graphite again sometime.
I only use the graphite for neck sizing new cases, I dip every third or fourth case.
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: rklapp on March 09, 2018, 11:30:49 PM: Quote from: macsak on March 09, 2018, 10:52:38 PM
loob
Well I wouldn't dip that into the graphite. :rofl:
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: Rhed on March 10, 2018, 07:01:35 AM: I did a experiment on seating bullets using this stuff. I dip the bullet just a little into graphite with beads. After seating, runout was greatly reduced to not more then thousandths to hardly any. Seating without gave me runout to sometimes up to 2 thou. Now, I’ve been seating bullets using a chambered die plus dipping the bullets with graphite. I can barely see the needle move on the Sinclair concentricity tool dial no more. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: oldfart on March 10, 2018, 07:12:43 AM: Interesting

I have a tube of moly-graphite grease, but I can't remember where I applied it.
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: Rhed on March 10, 2018, 08:18:28 AM: Quote from: rklapp on March 09, 2018, 10:08:34 PM
I tried it recently but didn't like it because it was making too much of a mess with the dies.

I just use very light imperial wax to resize. Then I seat the bullets using the graphite in media to seat. Though I only dip the bullet before seating.
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: Heavies on March 13, 2018, 06:11:59 PM: Hum.... This appears to have been written over 30 years ago, yet graphite lube is still in use, in many many military and commercial applications. What's up with that?
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: robtmc on April 06, 2018, 07:52:31 PM: Graphite powder is common for air-gunners in areas where petroleum based lube tend to detonate.

A good moly-graphite grease would be so nice, to get the pressure lube and no petroleum negatives. Such as on airgun mainsprings and such.
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: Inspector on April 07, 2018, 07:22:03 AM: Quote from: oldfart on March 10, 2018, 07:12:43 AM
Interesting

I have a tube of moly-graphite grease, but I can't remember where I applied it.
You apply it to the same areas that you apply Astro Glide to. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I use moly-graphite grease in certain applications such as triggers and my reloading tools that require grease over oil. But for lubricating my guns I have been using Break Free CLP for over 25 years and I have been quite happy with the results.
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: mangosteenqueen on April 11, 2018, 08:59:22 PM: I remember when Military Arms Channel said carbon acts as a lube
Title: Re: Graphite as lube? Don't
Post by: robtmc on April 13, 2018, 10:34:00 AM: Quote from: mangosteenqueen on April 11, 2018, 08:59:22 PM
I remember when Military Arms Channel said carbon acts as a lube
Well, graphite is one form carbon exists as, but so is diamond. Choose your lubes carefully.

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