N/A Best airgun oil?

[Pbru212]

What is everyone’s preferred airgun oil?
Im specifically looking for oil to put on the burst disc of my aea defender cartridge. But curious what everyone is using in general.

 

[rcarlisle]

Pure silicon oil or grease. RC shock oil is popular.

 

[MikeVV]

Depends on "where"...you want to put it !

1 - I use Lucas Gun Oil (red or blue) on all moving (sliding, rotating, etc.) parts like the trigger release mechanism and cocking arm pivots. Also on some threads.

2 - I use silicone grease OR oil (RC car shock oil) that is on parts that are near pressurized air.

Mike

 

[WorriedMan]

Non-petroleum based lubricants, like heavyweight silicone oil, used for treadmill exercise machines, and plumber's silicone grease are non-degrading of "O" rings. Metal-to-metal lubrication is not recommended for silicone. WM

 

[Pbru212]

Depends on "where"...you want to put it !

1 - I use Lucas Gun Oil (red or blue) on all moving (sliding, rotating, etc.) parts like the trigger release mechanism and cocking arm pivots. Also on some threads.

2 - I use silicone grease OR oil (RC car shock oil) that is on parts that are near pressurized air.

Mike

 

[bchannell]

For inside HPA areas,
*silicone oil or grease
*Dow Molykote 33, 55, 111
*Krytox 205 or 206

Outside, trigger and barrel
*Ballistol
*Slip 2000
*Remoil
*moly grease

I mainly use Ballistol for most things because it's safe and works fine, even on wood.

I tend to use plain old silicone grease on internal orings, it's cheap and works.
Sometimes I use a tiny amount of moly grease on threads of bottle adapters to lube them up, but only if they're outside the HPA areas and only a tiny amount.
If I feel something metal inside the HPA area needs lubed, I'd use MolyKote or Krytox, but I've not found anything yet that really needed it.

Of the Molykote variants:
33 has some use on metal, so would be a good internal lube and lots of airgun manufacturers recommend it.
55 is only for rubber to metal, and will slightly swell orings, this is not a bad thing, use it with confidence.
111 is just plain old silicone grease, like vacuum grease.

 

[Helmet]

For those of you who use rc shock oil on dynamic and static seals, what viscosity do you use?

 

[Elbowgrease]

For those of you who use rc shock oil on dynamic and static seals, what viscosity do you use?

I tend to use the thicker stuff. Like 50 weight. Have also used the thinner stuff with no issues. I would say that it really dont matter. The thicker stuff just seems to coat a bit better though when applying.

 

[Normkel]

I tend to use the thicker stuff. Like 50 weight. Have also used the thinner stuff with no issues. I would say that it really dont matter. The thicker stuff just seems to coat a bit better though when applying.

When you said "like 50 weight", do you mean that it is of similar viscosity to SAE 50 motor oil? I'm just asking for reference.

 

[Elbowgrease]

When you said "like 50 weight", do you mean that it is of similar viscosity to SAE 50 motor oil? I'm just asking for reference.

Yep. Same thing.

 

[charlie99]

When you said "like 50 weight", do you mean that it is of similar viscosity to SAE 50 motor oil? I'm just asking for reference.

Rc (radio controlled) shock oil comes in different weights. I'm unsure if they correspond with motor oil viscosity or not. However the higher the number the thicker the oil. I have some 50w and some 90w that I use for my monster trucks and sedan rc vehicles. I tend to use the 90w for my airguns as its thicker and therefore stays in place better and don't run off as much as the thinner oils. My shock oil is at least 10 years old with no discoloration as far as I can tell.

 

[rcarlisle]

In my professional travels. I acquired a couple of quarts of pure silicon oil for Ricoh printers. I opened one 10+ years ago and I've barely used 1/8th of that bottle in that time on my air guns (I shoulda had kids - I have enough for several lifetimes). I also bought a tub of Hill silicon grease for my Hill hand pump. Again, less than 1/4 of it has been used in 10+ years on all of my pneumatic toys.