too much prolube...
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Topic: too much prolube...
Posted By: JimC
Subject: too much prolube...
Date Posted: 15 Apr 06 at 6:19pm
| I need to remove a fair bit. What works. I was thinking of scrubbing with plenty of water, or would something like white spirit be better? |
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Posted By: aardvark_issues
Date Posted: 15 Apr 06 at 6:30pm
| Hate to name drop brands, but Muc Off is really good - use it on my MTB all the time... |
Posted By: 5420
Date Posted: 15 Apr 06 at 8:14pm
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dosent MTB stand for motor torpedo boat just a gess ------------- |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 15 Apr 06 at 8:26pm
or milatery tank boat??? any other guesses? ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: 5420
Date Posted: 15 Apr 06 at 8:42pm
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iv got some you can not say on here
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Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 15 Apr 06 at 8:44pm
ok always msn or pm. but what is MTB????  ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: phantom_iv
Date Posted: 15 Apr 06 at 9:03pm
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Either Motor Torpedo Boat, or I think that's what they call MounTain Bikes
these days ("multi terrain??") |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 15 Apr 06 at 10:12pm
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Use McLube next time it dries so dosn't end up in places you don't want it. Rick ------------- |
Posted By: Worthy
Date Posted: 15 Apr 06 at 11:20pm
You could always leave it on......it may lead to some hillarious consequences though 
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Posted By: CurlyBen
Date Posted: 16 Apr 06 at 12:10am
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I've got a lot of biking mates who swear by Muc Off, and they've now started a version for boats too. Yes, MTB is mountain bike, What Mountain Bike is know as WhatMTB.. but Mountain Biking UK is MBUK! (They're magazines btw)
------------- RS800 GBR848 Weston SC |
Posted By: m_liddell
Date Posted: 16 Apr 06 at 12:30pm
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McLube is pretty good. I put some on the mast track of my 14 and the main goes up 10x easier now, I would def always do this after seeing the difference. My crew though it would be a great idea to put it in the daggerboard without telling me... This was fine until we binned it on a gybe and I tried to right it! The boat was just impossible to get back up again, it was like a daggerboard made out of ice or something. Prob took about 10mins to right it again. I was not impressed Do not do this. |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 17 Apr 06 at 5:42pm
yer doesnt sound like i great idea but say it was light winds and not much chance of a dunking would prolube or similar help if u put it on the foils? ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: hurricane
Date Posted: 17 Apr 06 at 5:54pm
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read the racing rules its illegal! ------------- lifes to short to sail slow boats! RIP Olympic Tornado 1976-2007 |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 17 Apr 06 at 6:05pm
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what that uber boring book with no pictures in?? ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 17 Apr 06 at 6:31pm
Probably wouldn't actually make any difference. If the surface is smooth enough for there to be laminar flow the actual coeffecient of fritcion of the surface is probably pretty much irrelevant, and if the foils aren't smooth it certainly wo't help... Personally I have enough trouble not slipping off a properly polished daggerboard to want to put a lubricant on... |
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 18 Apr 06 at 4:26pm
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i got some silicolne spray (cheaper version of all this prolube etc) in the bottom of my feva after putting it on the main block and i couldnt get across the boat, it was so slippy. i got it off with washing up liquid in the end but it was a nightmare roll tacking in f1. ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |