Originally Posted by susjwp
Originally Posted by BrentD, Prof
Originally Posted by susjwp
Ian Sweetman in a recent YT video series disassembled, cleaned, and lubed a set of Purdey locks. He mixed oil with Vaseline and then warmed the lock with a heat gun, gently, as, he said, Purdey does in their shop. Never thought of mixing oil and Vaseline.


Did he say what the advantages were of this magical concoction?
Originally Posted by BrentD, Prof
Originally Posted by susjwp
Ian Sweetman in a recent YT video series disassembled, cleaned, and lubed a set of Purdey locks. He mixed oil with Vaseline and then warmed the lock with a heat gun, gently, as, he said, Purdey does in their shop. Never thought of mixing oil and Vaseline.


Did he say what the advantages were of this magical concoction?


If I remember correctly, I think he said the Vaseline kept the oil stationary so as not to soak the wood I suppose.

Basically, a homemade grease. Seems like the hard way around the mountain, but interesting that he would do it.

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