I just picked up a pocket-sized "hypodermic" style oiler, and want to
use it to hold a light oil. Since I can't find any good watch oil
around here (I know it's available online), I'm wondering what is a
good, non-gumming substitute. ISTR from several years back a comment
on this ng that ATF was a good substitute for watch oil - any comments
about that? Otherwise, I might just use Marvel Mystery Oil.

Joe

On Sep 4, 7:21*am, Joe wrote:
I just picked up a pocket-sized "hypodermic" style oiler, and want to
use it to hold a light oil. Since I can't find any good watch oil
around here (I know it's available online), I'm wondering what is a
good, non-gumming substitute. ISTR from several years back a comment
on this ng that ATF was a good substitute for watch oil - any comments
about that? Otherwise, I might just use Marvel Mystery Oil.

Joe

Turbine oil, sold for swamp cooler fan motors and pumps around here.
Ace has it, comes in an extendable spout bottle. ATF is way too heavy
for watches. It replaced sperm whale oil in early automatic
transmissions, but that doesn't mean it IS a direct replacement for
whale oil. Sewing machine oil is fairly light, too. Check the
sporting goods department at wally world, most of the gun oils will
work well and have some anti-rust properties, too. I've got a bottle
of dental turbine oil that's really light weight.

Stan

"Joe" wrote in message
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I just picked up a pocket-sized "hypodermic" style oiler, and want to
use it to hold a light oil. Since I can't find any good watch oil
around here (I know it's available online), I'm wondering what is a
good, non-gumming substitute. ISTR from several years back a comment
on this ng that ATF was a good substitute for watch oil - any comments
about that? Otherwise, I might just use Marvel Mystery Oil.

Joe

http://www.3inone.com/

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:21:16 -0400, Joe wrote:

I just picked up a pocket-sized "hypodermic" style oiler, and want to
use it to hold a light oil. Since I can't find any good watch oil
around here (I know it's available online), I'm wondering what is a
good, non-gumming substitute. ISTR from several years back a comment
on this ng that ATF was a good substitute for watch oil - any comments
about that? Otherwise, I might just use Marvel Mystery Oil.

Joe
http://www.triflowlubricants.com/Sup...rior_drip.html

This is what the local sewing machine repairman uses.

Joe wrote in
:

I just picked up a pocket-sized "hypodermic" style oiler, and want to
use it to hold a light oil. Since I can't find any good watch oil
around here (I know it's available online), I'm wondering what is a
good, non-gumming substitute. ISTR from several years back a comment
on this ng that ATF was a good substitute for watch oil - any comments
about that? Otherwise, I might just use Marvel Mystery Oil.

I have such an oiler, and put "RemOil" gun oil in it. The oil is so thin
it leaked out of the oiler in short order. The one I have is aluminum,
with a push button that runs a little plug at the end of the oil tube. I
have another one, but I haven't tried it. I don't know if the first one
was defective, or the design/manufacturing is poor.

Doug White

Doug White wrote:

I have such an oiler, and put "RemOil" gun oil in it. The oil is so thin
it leaked out of the oiler in short order. The one I have is aluminum,
with a push button that runs a little plug at the end of the oil tube. I
have another one, but I haven't tried it. I don't know if the first one
was defective, or the design/manufacturing is poor.

I like Microil a lot.

http://www.kanolabs.com/

Bought a quart a few months ago, which should
last me several lifetimes and got a free can
of Aerokroil, a most excellent penetrating oil.

Good company and good products.

On 2009-09-04, Jim Stewart wrote:
Doug White wrote:

I have such an oiler, and put "RemOil" gun oil in it. The oil is so thin
it leaked out of the oiler in short order. The one I have is aluminum,
with a push button that runs a little plug at the end of the oil tube. I
have another one, but I haven't tried it. I don't know if the first one
was defective, or the design/manufacturing is poor.

I like Microil a lot.

http://www.kanolabs.com/

Bought a quart a few months ago, which should
last me several lifetimes and got a free can
of Aerokroil, a most excellent penetrating oil.

Good company and good products.

Thanks for reminding me of them, I bought precision instrument oil
from them for a few things that need such oil.

i

Jim Stewart wrote in
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Doug White wrote:

I have such an oiler, and put "RemOil" gun oil in it. The oil is so
thin it leaked out of the oiler in short order. The one I have is
aluminum, with a push button that runs a little plug at the end of
the oil tube. I have another one, but I haven't tried it. I don't
know if the first one was defective, or the design/manufacturing is
poor.

I like Microil a lot.

http://www.kanolabs.com/

Bought a quart a few months ago, which should
last me several lifetimes and got a free can
of Aerokroil, a most excellent penetrating oil.

Good company and good products.

I agree. I use Kroil all the time, but not as a lubricant. There is no
way it would stay inside one of these pen oilers.

Doug White

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:21:16 -0400, Joe wrote:

I just picked up a pocket-sized "hypodermic" style oiler, and want to use
it to hold a light oil. Since I can't find any good watch oil around here
(I know it's available online), I'm wondering what is a good, non-gumming
substitute. ISTR from several years back a comment on this ng that ATF was
a good substitute for watch oil - any comments about that? Otherwise, I
might just use Marvel Mystery Oil.

Have you tried "3-in-1"?

Also, sewing machine oil, or the oil they use on trombone slides and
brass instrument valves?

Good Luck!
Rich

Turbine oil.
I have a gallon of it.

My machine says to mix x amount of it and y amount of kerosene for the correct
thin mixture.

I got my gallon from MSCdirect.com

It is for one of my surface grinders.

Martin

wrote:
On Sep 4, 7:21 am, Joe wrote:
I just picked up a pocket-sized "hypodermic" style oiler, and want to
use it to hold a light oil. Since I can't find any good watch oil
around here (I know it's available online), I'm wondering what is a
good, non-gumming substitute. ISTR from several years back a comment
on this ng that ATF was a good substitute for watch oil - any comments
about that? Otherwise, I might just use Marvel Mystery Oil.

Joe

Turbine oil, sold for swamp cooler fan motors and pumps around here.
Ace has it, comes in an extendable spout bottle. ATF is way too heavy
for watches. It replaced sperm whale oil in early automatic
transmissions, but that doesn't mean it IS a direct replacement for
whale oil. Sewing machine oil is fairly light, too. Check the
sporting goods department at wally world, most of the gun oils will
work well and have some anti-rust properties, too. I've got a bottle
of dental turbine oil that's really light weight.

Stan

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:05:52 -0500, the infamous Don Foreman
scrawled the following:

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:21:16 -0400, Joe wrote:

I just picked up a pocket-sized "hypodermic" style oiler, and want to
use it to hold a light oil. Since I can't find any good watch oil
around here (I know it's available online), I'm wondering what is a
good, non-gumming substitute. ISTR from several years back a comment
on this ng that ATF was a good substitute for watch oil - any comments
about that? Otherwise, I might just use Marvel Mystery Oil.

Joe
http://www.triflowlubricants.com/Sup...rior_drip.html

This is what the local sewing machine repairman uses.

Tri-Flow's good stuff. I've only used the 12oz aerosol version, but I
haven't seen it on store shelves in a long while.

--
It's a great life...once you weaken.
--author James Hogan

"Tim" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
...
I just picked up a pocket-sized "hypodermic" style oiler, and want to
use it to hold a light oil. Since I can't find any good watch oil
around here (I know it's available online), I'm wondering what is a
good, non-gumming substitute. ISTR from several years back a comment
on this ng that ATF was a good substitute for watch oil - any comments
about that? Otherwise, I might just use Marvel Mystery Oil.

Joe

http://www.3inone.com/


The white oil used in restaurant equipment. It also used for electric
shavers. The stuff sold as a stool softener in drugstores is also good, and
probably the same stuff. I used the latter on clocks, and one has now gone
over 30 years on the same lube. The same with my pocket watch. I do
recommend cleaning and oiling those at 5 year intervals! The clock does need
cleaning now. Both are just over 100 years old. The clock is a French
carriage clock, so not much dust can get in. I just wanted to see how long
the stuff would do it's job!


Steve R.