Ebert's Unholy Crusade

[hendriks]

Funny how Turtle uses Metolius cam lube on EVERYTHING...

[Nic Le Maitre]

Neither graphite nor anything else is going to help that situation...

[Turtle]

AND Techwash, Old Smelly, and Techwash....
Add some ductape and we have a 3...um.....

[mokganjetsi]

i use a drop of WD-40 on carabiner gates; i first take the carabiner off the sling/dogbone; drop on; and then wipe thoroughly with toilet paper to clean any excess. that way nothing ends up on the sling.

but here's the gold standard:
http://blog.weighmyrack.com/when-how-an ... arabiners/

and some more useful info; none of which i can verify so use at own risk!

"According to this caving booklet: http://www.draftlight.net/lifeonaline/ dyneema is not damaged by lubricants such as WD40 (see page 18 of the download). Some people actually recommend spraying WD40 on slings to stop them freezing in winter!"
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=177906

"I also conducted a series of tests on Nylon runners with WD40. This was undocumented since it was my own gear. Again, these were still full strength. I don't remember the data off hand since I did this 4 years ago. I don't think that WD40 affects Spectra (our runners are half Spectra and half Nylon). However, I have not tested this out and verified it conclusively. Chris Harmston (chrish@bdel.com)."
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forum/Climb ... _P2200922/

[Turtle]

sounds a bit crash-test-dummy-ey mokganjetsi, Ima not trying it...

[Justin]

Heads up Gaunteg

[shorti]

http://www.squirtlube.com/products/lube.html

[Forket]

I have not read any of the above. Hear that I "bent the gates". Lol. More like i used the draws. Solved with a set of pliers and some Q20. though just Q20 did not fix the problem.

And just btw, I joined the western cape sect, as I'll be moving to the Cape pritty soon

enjoy your peace

Ebert

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