I’ll bet that good old Brylcreme would work, if you can still find it…!!!
They probably quit making Brylcreme because all the users went BALD!
We have had a hot summer of stripped gears on the club layout. Many of the members believe that in the summer heat the grease on the gears is actually melting!
If that’s true, is there any plastic-compatible grease that WON"T melt in the heat?
Also, where is grease used and oil used on those engines? Should grease just be used on everything?
Mik said:
The Hatter was the first to break the silence. `What day of the month is it?' he said, turning to Alice: he had taken his watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shaking it every now and then, and holding it to his ear.Alice considered a little, and then said `The fourth.’
Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter.I told you butter wouldn’t suit the works!’ he added looking angrily at the March Hare.`It was the best butter,’ the March Hare meekly replied.
Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well,' the Hatter grumbled:you shouldn’t have put it in with the bread-knife.’The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily: then he dipped it into his cup of tea, and looked at it again: but he could think of nothing better to say than his first remark, `It was the best butter, you know.’
I couldn’t agree more.
Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh Brylcreme.
A little dab will do ya.
Doug, they quit making Brylcreme about the same time as the Beatles came on the scene.
The days of slicked back hair disappeared very quickly.
Doug Arnold said:Not sure about that Doug - but the Brylcreem Boys, which sobriquet RAF folks were known, did do well in the Battle of Britain which has a 70 year anniversary this September.
They probably quit making Brylcreme because all the users went BALD!
No wonder Brylcream went away, too many of us don’t have enough hair!
Gulp. At risk of sidetracking Brylcreme, here’s back to Super-Lube’s products: Has anyone data other than from the company web site as to ALL their products plastic compatible? My assumption is “food grade” means plastic safe. Or, is this the wrong conclusion?
Wendell,
Sorry, I missed your earlier posting. I use the synthetics. I supply a 1/2 oz. tube with each drive or gearbox. I buy 5 oz tubes for use in the shop.
I buy 120 half ounce tubes at a time and 12 of the five ounce tubes. And generally I don’t sell either item.
They don’t put the “food grade” on the packages anymore. But I think your conclusion is correct.
Barry - BBT
Doug Arnold said:OH CRAP!
They probably quit making Brylcreme because all the users went BALD!
It was a tough day at the office. Not really, it was inspection time to see how the lubricants held up on the club layout. NOT! My new LGB suffered no damage but the grease on the gears had melted away. No wonder so many club members had stripped gears.
Doug-
When the grease “melted away” was the product LGB? Super-Lube? So far, the Mobil 1 grease (comes in small "mixed-nuts-"size cans) has worked on our layout. I have not checked locos at the Living Desert after the runs made when the heat was 100 degrees. The layout is virtually shut down until it cools off. So I’ve only my layout here is So.Calif. that I can verify success. NO grease loss.
Note: Do the Aristo “egg” locos (above) hold up?
Thanks,
Wendell
Actually Brylcreme (actually spelled Brylcreem) is still made…
But you have to have hair to use it…
It was the factory applied grease from LGB. I don’t have very good eyesight but I couldn’t even see any with a magnifying glass. I will be buying Mobil 1 synthetic grease.
So far I have been happy with the Eggliners. The kids really like them.
I do have to figure out how to get the motorblocks apart. They claim they don’t need greased but I doubt they have ever run them in desert weather.At least the axles got
oiled.
I could test Brylcream and heat. I still have a little fine hair to use it on but it would probably melt under my hat and stain!
Doug-
Thanks.
My experience opening up brand new LGB locos – some new and some 4-5 years-old donations right out-of-the box – at the Living Desert, Palm Desert, is there is very little to zero grease on the gears of the drive assembly. These locos can be run 12 hours a day, three days a week. Lubrication is essential. USA and LGB (pre-Marklin) are the strongest. No matter, presume any product needs lubrication. I found this true with some of the USA products. The lubrication station on the assembly line may or may not gain full attention.
Wendell