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Re: [OM] Ball head lubricant

Subject: Re: [OM] Ball head lubricant
From: Mike Lazzari <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:26:51 -0800
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> 1. If it doesn't move and it's supposed to, use WD-40.
Your wife definitely has the brains of the family ;-) 

I call your attention to the fact that she doesn't mention "lubricate". 
WD40 works OK to make a stuck part move but really isn't much of a 
lubricant no matter what the can says. Ads will say _anything_. Of 
course for stuck parts a penetrating oil like Liquid Wrench works 
better. Once it starts to move use a real lubricant and save more grief. 
And I can't see any reason to use the stuff on a ballhead. Or anything 
else but a dry cloth. If your ballhead is that stuck then you have 
bigger problems than WD40 will fix.

Mike
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