ever use white lightning lube?

I never liked it. It generally never made a pivot work better, and in my experience collected more lint in my pocket than a light application of militec or FP-10. Generally good lubes will not collect lint by virtue of there not being much there. Always wipe it off to the point where you can't (or couldn't, since you really can't get yer fingers in there) feel any oil when handling. This applies to most lubes, but especially to ones like militec and FP-10, which work by chemically forming a high pressure bearing film on metals, instead of relying on their viscosity.
 
I used it for a long time. Never had a problem with it. I tend to clip a folder to the top of my pocket, so there's no way it's collecting lint anyway. The WL lubed my knives very well.
 
Love this stuff.
And no, it will not attract lint. It forms a kind of wax over the mechanism that protects it along with lubbing it. My coworker uses this on her watch every time she gets the chance.
 
though i use WL bike chain lube i never liked it on knives, prefer tuffglide myself, i dont know about attracting lint/etc, it just didnt work well for me.
 
I don't have any experience with White Lighting, but I *think* (and will be corrected if I'm wrong :) ) it's similar to other colloidal suspension products (goes on wet, sets up to a dry powdery or waxy finish).

One such lube I've used to clean and lubricate is the new DuPont Teflon Mulit-Use Lubricant. I bought a good-size bottle (4 or 6 oz) for less than $5 at Lowe's and it really rejuvinated a hard-to-open-and-close old Buck 426 I won on eBay. The teflon sticks to dirt and gunk and flakes off when it dries; the residue is a dry powder that doesn't seem to attract lint (or leave a mess, either).
 
I jumped on the WL bandwagon a few years ago, started using it on all my knives. Initially it seemed very promising, but I found ot that if you put it on a knife you use alot ad open and close alot, it seems OK, but if you use it on a knife that sets for mery long, WL tends to turn into a more solid wax.

I had a SOG multi-tool that sat for a few months without being used, and I had to dissasemble it to clean the WL out because it had jammed the tools.

Won't let it near any folders now.
 
I don' tknow if the formula for the knives is the same as for the bicycle industry. But WL goes on wet and dries soon after to a rather thick waxy film. One of the pre-requisites is to start with a squeaky clean and dry surface in order for it to be effective. Then there is the shedding action where the wax is supposed to flake off during use. I' ve used this bicycle formula extensively on chains and on blade pivots. I don' t like it. There is simply way too much buildup for proper movement and lockup. And it is a real b#itch to clean up.

N.
 
Only used it once, on a Kershaw assisted opening knife.
It jammed up the pivot and it was not satisfactory.

IMHO here is a product that works great for what it was designed for.....bicycle chains. Pivots work best with Miltec.
 
Two biggest problems with WL are, it evaporates over time in a bottle, to the point where the liquid it's suspended in becomes more of a slurry,(not really a problem if you use it *regularly, my bottle would sit for 6 to 8 months at a time).

Don't ever get it on the mating surfaces of your Liner Locks it can cause the lock to slip and fail,(it's that slick) this also applies to other lubes and Liner Locks.

I still like this product and I use it on my lockbacks and slipjoint exclusively, one last issue, I wish they could do something about the smell. :barf:


*What I meant by that is, if you use it regulrly it will not evporate faster than you use it, ya know what I mean?
 
i never had a problem with it. the best thing i have ever used is a product called "reel hot sauce" it is for fishing reels. it does collect lint but it lubes better than anything. and it is cheap and last a long time
 
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