Which maintenance spray

[Drago]

Once again, CC gets straight to the heart of the matter. Our very tall and handsome mystery reporter researches the subjects that matter to get to the heart of the issue.

So today we're researching maintenance sprays.

Maintenance sprays are like religions, and I want to know which one is best, and why. They penetrate, protect, release, lubricate, but which has the best all round combination of these properties?

 

[Drago]

To my mind GT85 definitely takes the budget title, or would if there was one, but Duck Oil is my favourite all round tipple, with Double TT a close second. One of the things I like about Duck Oil is being able to get it in 5 litre cans so it can be brushed on.

 

[Slioch]

GT85 for me.
The ladies around here go wild when I'm wearing it.

 

[Drago]

Well, the budget blaster that is GT85 takes an early and good value lead.

 

[tyred]

I find GT85 best. Nice and slick and the razor just glides over one's face without the slightest hint of irritation.

 

[mikeymustard]

It's horses for courses innit? I ligged a coupla cans of wd40 from the cycle show, and I keep a can in my work ruckie, but if nothing else it doesn't smell as nice as gt85!

 

[numbnuts]

 

[Drago]

Interesting snippet. This thread prompted me to do a bit of reading around the various ungents. Seems the Double TT has a rabid band of followers and is cheap but is t so widely available.

Another snippet. ACF50 is the anti corrosion king. Probably little argument there. What I didn't know was that the manufacturers proudly boast that it doesn't contain any waxes, PTFE etc, as these substances can actually isolate moisture and lock it in position.

Maintenance sprays are a surprisingly interesting topic to read around.

 

[Globalti]

WD40 for me as my company makes the perfume. They use about 1000 kgs a month dosed at about 0.2%, meaning they make a hell of a lot of WD40.

 

[Drago]

What do they use as a perfume, or is that a trade secret?

 

[Globalti]

As with all industrial perfumes it's a mixture of about 35 different synthetic aroma chemicals and it's actually a very cheap version of Shalimar by Guerlain.

 

[raleighnut]

As a former pro Mechanic I'd say 'Duck Oil', it was what we used.




















Or maybe it was cheap

 

[Gravity Aided]

Nothing gets the water out of the interior surfaces of an Atlas missile like WD-40. Bicycles, though, I prefer GT-85

 

[screenman]

You forgot K9P off of the list.

 

[midlife]

Nothing gets the water out of the interior surfaces of an Atlas missile like WD-40. Bicycles, though, I prefer GT-85

I read about that too on the back of this thread .