Frog Lube is probably coconut oil

[cmshoot]

I know everybody is like...View attachment 690613 I have never even used FL but I just wanted to input more fact than opinion.

That won't stop anyone.......

 

[Jack O A T]

Not to muddy the coconut water any further, but I just found out they have a new version:
http://froglube.com/latest-froglube-news/press-release-froglube-extreme/

 

[Hayata]

Not to muddy the coconut water any further, but I just found out they have a new version:
http://froglube.com/latest-froglube-news/press-release-froglube-extreme/

Apparently they've been lurking on ODT and got a copy of my "awesome sauce".

 

[imaybail]

This discussion has me wondering about how good old Castor oil would work in a gun.

 

[cmshoot]

This discussion has me wondering about how good old Castor oil would work in a gun.

You got me curious. Perused a few internet blogs and found this. I cannot testify as to the veracity of the statement, nor do I know the author.

"And castor bean oil is still used for model airplane engines. While it may be gunky and have a high pour point, the lubricity and tenacity with which it bonds to metal are unexcelled."

 

[Quacker]

This discussion has me wondering about how good old Castor oil would work in a gun.

That would be interesting. There is little saturation with castor oil so it probably wouldn't get too terribly sticky and gum up. Castor oil is pretty unique to all other veggie oils in that it is mostly ricinoleic acid that has an alcohol in its carbon chain. This gives it better low temp properties and it tends to stay liquid down to a lower temp; however, the alcohol group tends to like water more than the oil but I don't think it will be enough to matter. See the following paragraph from Wikipedia.

Vegetable oils like castor oil are typically unattractive alternatives to petroleum-derived lubricants because of their poor oxidative stability.[28][29] Castor oil has better low temperature viscosity properties and high temperature lubrication than most vegetable oils, making it useful as a lubricant in jet, diesel, and racing engines.[30] The viscosity of castor oil at 10 °C is 2,420 centipoise.[31] However, castor oil tends to form gums in a short time, and therefore its usefulness is limited to engines that are regularly rebuilt, such as racing engines. The lubricants company Castrol took its name from castor oil.

"Oxidative Stability" means the polymerization reaction I was talking about with the unsaturated chains.

Somebody try it! It will probably be better than canola or others.

 

[cmshoot]

I also read that during WWI castor oil was used to break in airplane engines.

 

[mkdhotrod]

Try Ricin when you use the castor oil. It's good for the skin.

 

[Quacker]

Try Ricin when you use the castor oil. It's good for the skin.

Please don't! LMAO

Yea castor beans have a lot of ricin in them. I think 5 crushed beans will kill you.

 

[mkdhotrod]

Please don't! LMAO

Yea castor beans have a lot of ricin in them. I think 5 crushed beans will kill you.

Yup.. 5 beans with the pulp extracted. Or 1 grain the size of a salt molecule injected