Re: [CR]Was bacon grease, now sheep grease

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Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:30:05 -0500
From: "gabriel l romeu" <romeug@comcast.net>
To: marcus.e.helman@gm.com
Subject: Re: [CR]Was bacon grease, now sheep grease
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I would like to emphasize that I use the animal grease by product STRICTLY for machining applications, not as a bearing lubricant. The sheep wool grease would not be useful for this application as it seems to break down at 90f, and the benefit of the frying grease is that it remains lubricating far past the heats generated y tool friction.

As to Marcus' question, I wish i had accessibility to Campy grease, I really liked it which is reinforced every time i open up an ancient hub.

I currently use Phil Wood and a teflon based, i think finish line, for

bearings.
> availability of bacon and other meat fats.
> This is BY FAR the best lubricant that I have ever used (including tap
> magic) for drilling and tapping aluminum and other non ferrous metals.
> It is also a fine coating to extend the life of sandpaper (reduce the
> clogging on belts, discs, etc.) and expedite the surfacing of metal..
> Rivendell sells sheep grease, made from the wool, not the body fat. Ha s
> anybody tried it?
>
> http://www.rivbike.com/webalog/miscellaneous/31343.html
>
> These days I use Phil grease. The bike store I worked in as a kid used to
> repackage some kind of Lubri-plate grease. When I got the store discou nt
> I used to use the big tub of Campagnolo. What do you use?

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