vluc Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Near friction free lube discovered lubricant Perpetual motion emotion By INQUIRER staff: Wednesday 06 July 2005, 11:30 A REPORT said that scientists at Seikei and Aichi universities have discovered a lubricant that promises near to zero friction. According to the report, in today's Nikkei Business Daily, the multilayer material consists of arrays of ball shaped fullerene molecules, between a sandwich of ultra thin films of graphite. The graphite layers are around 1.3 nanometres, says the paper, with the fullerene balls about .7 nanometres in diameter, with molecular forces keeping the balls spaced evenly. The report claims that when pressure is applied, it operates at a friction force of less than .4 nanonewtons - that compares to top lubricants exerting one nanonewton. The Nikkei Business Daily reckons that the stuff can be turned into a powder and applied to mechanical parts to extend their active life. µ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncoGlenn Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Wonder how long it'll be till we start seeing ads on TV for the new and improved Slick-50! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 it's probably very expensive. lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 oh yeah buckyballs baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heiter Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 I love all this new stuff that's coming down the pipe. I was just looking at the self healing polymers the other day and now this. Too cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfs Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 I stick with Break-Free CLP especially on my M-16's moving parts. This lube is just terrific! I also have used it on my Glocks, 1911 and Taurus PT 92. If Break-Free isn't available, I use the ever "faithful" WD-40. It's dirt cheap, available even on drug stores, and works! My brother uses Mobil 1 on his guns and they also work very well. A liter goes a long, long way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 tfs, You and your brother get no extra "style points" added to your scores for using those unfancy lubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 My brother uses Mobil 1 on his guns and they also work very well. A liter goes a long, long way! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just don't use it anywhere near the hood if you shoot moly-lube bullets....and don't accidentally spill too much. It's a detergent oil and will eat the coating off of the bullet gumming up your chamber to the point of major malfs....just ask me how I know.... This new lube sounds pretty slick (punny!), but the primer feed on my 550B would still be sticking and hacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo radley Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Heh. I'm using 80W marine gear lubricant left over from when I last changed the lower-unit oil on an outboard motor. This stuff has stable extreme pressure additives as well as special anti-foam agents. What think y'all of that, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Boo, as long as it is the new lube that is left over, not the used stuff. Used (motor) oil is reported to have really nasty stuff in it, I hear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hostetter Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Hey, they had better call it something other then "Wonder Lube"......... After 44 years of using a special blend of oil at the shop we are going to finally start marketing it, and that is the name we are using ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Heh. I'm using 80W marine gear lubricant left over from when I last changed the lower-unit oil on an outboard motor. This stuff has stable extreme pressure additives as well as special anti-foam agents. What think y'all of that, eh? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think you should use slide glide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Hey, they had better call it something other then "Wonder Lube".........After 44 years of using a special blend of oil at the shop we are going to finally start marketing it, and that is the name we are using ! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You had better call it something other than "wonder lube". You won't be the first to use that name...not by a long shot. (punch it into a Google search) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin40 Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 I just bought some break free and going to give it a try. Heard some good things Flyin40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hostetter Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Ya but we are going to be the first ones to call it "Bar Sto Precision's Wonder Lube"............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vluc Posted July 9, 2005 Author Share Posted July 9, 2005 LOL...that's why I put the wonder lube name in the thread title.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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