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General Maintenance Tips => Tools and Lubricants => Topic started by: Scattergun2570 on October 28, 2017, 06:43:34 AM

Title: What do you use?
Post by: Scattergun2570 on October 28, 2017, 06:43:34 AM
When applying grease to gears,what do you use? Brush? A-tips? And where do I get them?
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: oc1 on October 28, 2017, 07:34:51 AM
flux brush from the hardware store on the corner.
-steve
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: ReelClean on October 28, 2017, 07:35:23 AM
Brush, acid/flux brushes used in soldering/brazing are good and durable.
cheers
Steve
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: ReelClean on October 28, 2017, 07:36:12 AM
Quote from: ReelClean on October 28, 2017, 07:35:23 AM
Brush, acid/flux brushes used in soldering/brazing are good and durable.
cheers
Steve

Missed it by that much.......   Maxwell Smart
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: sdlehr on October 28, 2017, 01:01:10 PM
I also use a flux brush. They have just the right stiffness and leave just the right amount of grease.

Sid
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: Tiddlerbasher on October 28, 2017, 01:02:51 PM
I use a pastry basting brush that's been cut back to make it stiffer. I already had a few otherwise I'd go with the previous suggestions - flux brush.
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: Gfish on October 28, 2017, 01:26:50 PM
Cheap, relatively soft, fine, artist size paint brush, cut back so it's stiffer. Gets grease inbetween gear teeth and can swirl on light coat to flat surfaces. Flux brush for drag washers. Hobby/craft store.
Gfish
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: Keta on October 28, 2017, 01:27:45 PM
More often than not I use a finger.
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: Cor on October 28, 2017, 02:54:00 PM
Quote from: Keta on October 28, 2017, 01:27:45 PM
More often than not I use a finger.
Me to!
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: Bill B on October 28, 2017, 11:37:25 PM
Tooth brushes for me......get them free when visiting the dentist....Bill
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: Donnyboat on October 29, 2017, 02:01:51 AM
Gee Bill, must be good over there, don't get anything free from the dentists over here, only a huge bill cheers Bill keep well Don.
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: day0ne on October 29, 2017, 05:58:08 AM
I use an old tooth brush and/or a flux  brush cut down to make it stiffer. Of course, sometimes I just use my finger. It all depends on what I'm greasing.
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: Glos on October 29, 2017, 07:54:19 AM
medical syringe
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: festus on October 30, 2017, 07:36:34 PM
My wife has all kinds of paintbrushes from doing acrylics and watercolors, so I just raid her stash.  ;D
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: Bryan Young on October 31, 2017, 03:16:39 AM
Acid and tooth brushes for applying grease and drag grease. I have one of each type for each grease.

For gears in particular, I use a tooth brush, dental picks and a small screw driver to clean out the gears. Then I use a grease tooth brush to put a light coat of grease in the gear teeth then apply grease with an acid brush for a slight thicker coat. I use Evinrude triple guard for conventional gears, and penn grease for spinner gears.
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: Midway Tommy on October 31, 2017, 03:22:28 AM
I only mess with spinners and they can require a little finesse to get into some of those tight little cracks & crevices, so I use these. They seem to last forever as the only one I've ever broken out of the pack is over 10 years old.  :)

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Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: Shark Hunter on November 01, 2017, 05:46:24 PM
Small wood handle brush. The bristles don't come off easily.
I've spread at least two pounds of penn blue with this one. ;)
Title: Re: What do you use?
Post by: Tightlines667 on November 01, 2017, 06:26:46 PM
Toothbrushes, rod coating brushes, small paint brush, Q-tips.

John
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