Spray lubricants

I've been using industrial chain lubricant lately on all sorts of mechanical things. It's heavy, it clings to and penetrates moving parts. It's quite useful.

For chains, use the Dupont Teflon spray sold at Lowe's, "

I've had good results with PB Blaster, at Napa auto parts, and more recently Home Depot. Anything with that unprofessional can is probably pretty good. It's pretty good.

Others swear by Castle Thrust.

Also good results with Snap brand silicone. The silicone (1.79 a can) from walmart has very little silicone. I sprayed a bicycle chain one time. The solvent rinsed off the chain oil, and the silicone was non functioning. The chain set up like a rock. By that time, the bike was out of state, gone home with the boy who got a bike for a present. I felt like a real ass, at that moment.

I've had reasonable results with the Kroil line. And Deep Lube worked well, but not sure it's available any more.

Tri Flow is a Teflon based lube that works really well. Silicone spray is good for some things, but should not be used around cars as it can kill your O2 sensor really quick.

I use 50:50 30w motor oil and mineral spirits to clean up rusty tools. It sprays pretty good out of a spray bottle.

I had a similar bicycle chain problem using some Teflon mold release spray that someone was tossing out and gave to me. It really made the chain look clean and function well but without oil the chain rusted rapidly.

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Well it depends on the application. I use a lot of zep 2000, comes out like water, then gels into a grease. Great for chains, garage door rollers, etc. I also use a fair amount of PB blaster.

Did yours break a little boy's heart?

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Totally agree...been using it for 25+years! Other posts, OP says "Spray Lubricant"...PbB and LPS1 are not very good at lubricating.

It was my bike.