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Re: [OM] Ball head lubricant

Subject: Re: [OM] Ball head lubricant
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:40:51 -0600
If I recall correctly, Liquid Wrench has been taken off the market because 
of the solvents that it contains.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lazzari" <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "1" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Ball head lubricant


> >
>> 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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