New Wonder Lube

[oc1]

I also discovered water works as a lube for a short 5 minutes. Dip reel in river, shake it off some, then cast further for maybe 10 cast! Not smart, but it did what I wanted.... until the reel became locked up from rust.

I did that once, but it was in salt water.  That is, I did it once intentionally 'cause sometimes stuff happens.  After paddling 45 minutes to get out there I wasn't going to go home just because the reel was grinding a bit and all the oil had leaked out of the little bottle.

[natch!]

 Elmer's is a really good lubricant, for a short time.

 Jack

[CincyDavid]

Old 3 in 1 oil...new enough to be bar-coded but that started in 1974, which is about right because we moved into that house in 1973 and this was in my dad's stuff when we moved him into a senior living apartment a couple of years ago.

[jgp12000]

3in1 the smell....Before I heard of Lucas it was my 300 oil of choice