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  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Indiana
Super Lube sucks
Posted by hkshooter on Friday, January 7, 2011 7:47 PM

I've been using Iwata's Super Lube for a while now and I'm fed up wtih it. After a couple of days my trigger sticks because the stuff dries out. What do you use to needle and trigger lube?

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Montreal
Posted by buff on Friday, January 7, 2011 8:10 PM

I just use glycerine that I bought at the pharmacy.

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  • Member since
    September 2010
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by Marine Sniper on Friday, January 7, 2011 11:30 PM

hkshooter

I've been using Iwata's Super Lube for a while now and I'm fed up wtih it. After a couple of days my trigger sticks because the stuff dries out. What do you use to needle and trigger lube?

Huh? Confused

How are you using the lube?

I used it years ago when I did T-shirt airbrushing and the trigger never stuck.

Now I use Badger Needle Juice.

Mike

 

 

 

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Indiana
Posted by hkshooter on Saturday, January 8, 2011 7:56 AM

The oring in the valve has taken to being sticky. Part of my cleaning regimen is to apply lube to the needle where it passes through the needle bearing and to apply lube to the trigger plunger so the valve works smoothly. But the lube literally dries up and leaves the trigger super sticky, to the point that it won't return when depressed. The needle still move smoothly.
It's a trivial problem to be sure but seeing as how the super lube was supposed to be intended for this exact use I'm disappointed that it don't work much better. I'm looking for alternatives.

  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: Calgary
Posted by MaxPower on Sunday, January 9, 2011 12:35 PM

My Iwata trigger sticks down all the time. I lubricate with water based lube you get at the pharmacy. Modeling is really only an excuse to keep this and paper towel in the same area as my computer without anybody getting suspicious. :p

  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: Minneapolis MN
Posted by BigSmitty on Sunday, January 9, 2011 12:40 PM

MaxPower - I had to read that twice just to make sure I read it right... Big Smile

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