Thread: 3 in 1 oil bad?
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Old 04-26-22, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jccaclimber
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Edit, I should follow that with my standard oil/lubricant rule: the right oil is much better than the wrong oil, but the wrong oil is much better than no oil.
I agree with this, except I'd make one little change. I'd change the placement of of the first "much": The right oil is better than the wrong oil, but the wrong oil is much, much better than no oil.

To the OP: To your question of non-bike specific, readily available products, first see my and jccaclimber quotes above. A product that seems to be very commonly successfully used are variations of "homebrew" (search here and the web for that). Some with regular SAE30, some with synthetic oil, some with chainsaw bar oil, some with hypoid gear oil, but all thinned with common mineral spirits about 3:1. It works great, the downside is that you need a little squeeze container (travel section of grocery store) or small oil can (any hardware store) to dispense it. but I like the waxy products nowadays.

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