Re: Head guide rails clean & lube - head banging

[Bill Boy <boy@cybertrails.com>]

you might use WD-40 as a solvent but it is to corosive to leave on as a
lubricant and do not spray in on, spray i on a rag and wipe it clean and
sewing machine oil is what I have used in the past.
Bill


> From: "Rew, Alan" <arew@gresham-computing.com>
> Reply-To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
> Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 13:04:07 +0100
> To: "Epson Inkjet Mailing List (E-mail)" <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
> Subject: Re: Head guide rails clean & lube - head banging
> 
> On Tue, 21 May 2002 01:08:16 -0700,
> Powell Hargrave <hargravep@shaw.ca>, wrote:
> 
> <snip>
>> I'm sure the Epson lubricants are top quality and may be better than, for
>> instance, "3in1" oil.  But this isn't quite rocket science.  Any good
> clean
>> lubricant of about the right viscosity should work fine and definitely be
>> better than dirty sticky friction surfaces.
> <snip>
> 
> I don't know whether the formulation has changed over the years, or differs
> between countries, but I remember that '3in1' oil was at one time based,
> maybe partially, on vegetable oil rather than mineral oil. As such, it was
> more prone to drying over time and producing a sticky residue which could
> cause further problems.
> 
> Given the choice, I'd use a thin mineral oil, although I don't know of a
> specific brand.  It used to be possible to buy so-called 'sewing machine
> oil' which I believe was mineral-based and was a low-viscosity product
> suitable for fine machinery.
> 
> I'd be interested in any other suggestions for alternatives to a proprietary
> Epson lubricant. Has anybody tried WD-40, for example?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alan Rew
> 
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