Originally Posted by
terrymorse
My statement was too general. A more accurate statement is that certain formulations of drip-on, wax-base lubes perform very poorly.
Well at least you admit you were wrong. But on the Zero Friction list, there are a whole lot of oils that perform just as badly as some of the wax based lubricant. Not a whole lot of them perform as well as many of the wax based lubricants.
Tests show that some drip-on, wax-based lubes perform very well. Others horribly. Why the difference?
One thing horrible lubes have in common: they contain mostly very low viscosity carrier/solvent, with little lubricant.
Your conclusion is wrong again. The UFO Drip wax, for example is (was) mostly solvent which makes it a low viscosity fluid. It performs pretty well. All of the drip wax lubricants are going to need some kind of carrier to get them to penetrate because wax doesn’t flow at room temperature. Oils tend to penetrate better when they use a solvent carrier as well. From previous research, I’ve found that the oil and wax use similar solvents in similar proportions. The solvent in both cases are there to aid penetration.