Best tube grease

Jeeper · Feb 10, 2013

Just purchased a new pneumatic grease gun by mac tools. Figure it is a good time to ask is what kind of grease does everyone prefer in the their grease guns?

I am looking for greasing the zerks on my jeep and lawn mower. Some general and that can be purchased locally.

PSDEng · Feb 10, 2013

Most Napa stores are Lucas dealers and I love the Red N' Tacky grease from Lucas. It holds up well, but if I had a Schaeffer's dealer close I wouldn't mind trying some of their grease as well.

bobcatdan · Feb 10, 2013

For stuff at home, I like mystic hp grease. Seems to be a good bang for the buck.

Jeeper · Feb 10, 2013

bobcatdan said:
For stuff at home, I like mystic hp grease. Seems to be a good bang for the buck.

Where do you buy that?

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Jeeper · Feb 10, 2013

PSDEng said:
Most Napa stores are Lucas dealers and I love the Red N' Tacky grease from Lucas. It holds up well, but if I had a Schaeffer's dealer close I wouldn't mind trying some of their grease as well.

Good to hear that. My home Depot caries that.

silver2000 · Feb 10, 2013

Castol Pyroplex Blue is hands down the best grease I have ever used. Difficult to locate Once you try it you will be a believer. The 4x4 forums love it, very water resistant.

redwrench60 · Feb 10, 2013

Kendall Super Blue

Jeeper · Feb 10, 2013

silver2000 said:
Castol Pyroplex Blue is hands down the best grease I have ever used. Difficult to locate Once you try it you will be a believer. The 4x4 forums love it, very water resistant.

Where have you bought it?

braol · Feb 10, 2013

I use kendall blue or amsoil. Thats what we stock at work, mostly kendall lately. But I like the amsoil better, its thicker and works real well to lube my guns.

bobcatdan · Feb 10, 2013

Jeeper said:
Where do you buy that?

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I get it from fleet farm which you don't have. I do not want to live in a world without fleet farm.

jmm · Feb 10, 2013

I like Chevron's product, Lucas Oil's Red + Tacky coming in at a close second.

Rezeppa · Feb 10, 2013

I don't think it matters. There are different kinds of grease. Now when it comes down to the different kinds of grease I don't think it matters. I have used almost all of them and the only difference I have noticed is I like grease that isn't clear I think it holds up better with heat. I have not noticed anything break due to a grease failure besides not being greased.

dirtydogintex · Feb 10, 2013

Royal Purple synthetic hands down.... it's proven itself to me over the last 10+ yrs.

Lucas Oil's Red n' Tacky if $$'s tight....

crewchief888 · Feb 10, 2013

really have no preference,

any grease is better than NO grease at all.

i really dont like the "red tacky grease",of any brand, it's way too heavy and sticky for cold weather.
last air powered grease gun i had really didnt like it at all...

very cold morning, and the housing split after 5 pumps

:beer:

500sks · Feb 10, 2013

Schaeffer's is very good.

fflintstone · Feb 10, 2013

best grease? come on guys, get real its F'in grease!
find a cheap NLGI 2 grease from a local suplier in a color you like.
I prefer red.

walmart sells Mystic grease.
my neighbor goes thru 3-4 cases a year. he buys whatever is cheap. I go thru 1-2 tubes a year. I buy whatever is cheap.
I buy tubes at yard sales.

Tarheelgarage · Feb 10, 2013

fflintstone said:
best grease? come on guys, get real its F'in grease!
find a cheap NLGI 2 grease from a local suplier in a color you like.
I prefer red.

walmart sells Mystic grease.
my neighbor goes thru 3-4 cases a year. he buys whatever is cheap. I go thru 1-2 tubes a year. I buy whatever is cheap.
I buy tubes at yard sales.

Yeah, some are making a mountain out of rat turds over grease... :wtf:

for the record, I buy my grease a harbor Freight on sale or with a 20% off coupon.
My customers do not know the difference and could give a rats *** less what kind of grease I used.

Rezeppa · Feb 10, 2013

I agree 100% but it is important to use the same kind of grease because of Compatibility issues. I remember when synthetic grease became the majority share holder and we had an excavator with some old grease hat reacted poorly and all the grease hardened up and wore out the sumitomo and boom knuckle. it was a very costly mistake. http://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/1865/grease-compatibility

64Trvlr · Feb 10, 2013

Mystic JT-6 red

leadfoot415 · Feb 10, 2013

Kendall Super Blue...

bob15 · Feb 10, 2013

Lubrication Engineers 3752

Gabastone · Feb 10, 2013

Saying all greases are equal is a little like saying all ratchets are equal.

I like a lithium complex grease with a very heavy base oil. Morey's and Valvoline Cerulean from NAPA are great.

RECox286 · Feb 10, 2013

Pick a brand and a flavor, then stick with it, and keep the grease

in the parts that need it, not the grease gun. Do not make the

mistake of thinking all greases are compatible, they aren't. Don't

mix lithium and molybdenum greases.

Uncle Bob (Who has been using Valvoline #633 exclusively and

almost forever, well, for about 40 years now.)

ganymede · Feb 10, 2013

So what happens if you do mix two different types of grease? Does it not lubricate well or ruin the part by corrosion or something ?

blacK20 · Feb 10, 2013

ganymede said:
So what happens if you do mix two different types of grease? Does it not lubricate well or ruin the part by corrosion or something ?

They just simply don't mix due to the different base properties. It's like mixing beer with milk in a cup.

premierplayer · Feb 10, 2013

wolf's head, red grease
http://www.wolfshead.com/specsheets/grease.pdf

theoldwizard1 · Feb 10, 2013

crewchief888 said:
really have no preference,

any grease is better than NO grease at all.

Yep !

SSAAHemiFan · Feb 10, 2013

fflintstone said:
best grease? come on guys, get real its F'in grease!
find a cheap NLGI 2 grease from a local suplier in a color you like.
I prefer red.

walmart sells Mystic grease.
my neighbor goes thru 3-4 cases a year. he buys whatever is cheap. I go thru 1-2 tubes a year. I buy whatever is cheap.
I buy tubes at yard sales.

I do facility maintenance (24 yrs) I used to do all the service and repairs then we got a new boss who bid the work out to whatever company would provide the cheapest service contract for the year - techs would come out and lube everything with whatever grease they had... I tried to tell them but the techs would just say "grease is grease" and "it's better than no grease" and look at me like I had 2 heads .. a bunch of burned up equipment proved me right in the long run.

You start mixing bases and bad things CAN happen

Ed ke6bnl · Feb 11, 2013

fflintstone said:
best grease? come on guys, get real its F'in grease!
find a cheap NLGI 2 grease from a local suplier in a color you like.
I prefer red.

walmart sells Mystic grease.
my neighbor goes thru 3-4 cases a year. he buys whatever is cheap. I go thru 1-2 tubes a year. I buy whatever is cheap.
I buy tubes at yard sales.

WHAT DOES NLGI 2 stand for??

bobcatdan · Feb 11, 2013

That is standard thickness rating that most application call for. There is a ngli 1 that can be used in cold weather since it is thinner.

Spudland_Dave · Feb 11, 2013

ganymede said:
So what happens if you do mix two different types of grease? Does it not lubricate well or ruin the part by corrosion or something ?

It can turn into a "Grease Concrete" or Turn into "Grease Water"...which is not good either way.

Personally I use the JD Polyurea...not super expensive, easily obtainable, great quality. All around couldnt ask for better.

sberry · Feb 11, 2013

If one is a specialist there is no reason not to tailor grease to the job. I bought somje of the super blue just for wheel bearings, easy to spot recent work and if I was a tube or 2 guy that would be fine. Texaco Starplex is what we been using but now the jobber is in some Cheveron products etc, the only reason I buy it there is convenience and sales deal.

I am a farmer without an air gun, about once a year I have to go thru a dozen tubes in short order but the rest of the time about like everyone else in light fleet, use a little so we use manual guns, 3 of them, 1 with red starplex for things that go round and round and wheel brgs, u joints,,, 2 othere loaded with Starplex moly 2,, real sticky black for chassis, bushing, dirty stuff. Steering parts.

Spudland_Dave · Feb 11, 2013

sberry said:
I am a farmer without an air gun, about once a year I have to go thru a dozen tubes in short order but the rest of the time about like everyone else in light fleet, use a little so we use manual guns, 3 of them, 1 with red starplex for things that go round and round and wheel brgs, u joints,,, 2 othere loaded with Starplex moly 2,, real sticky black for chassis, bushing, dirty stuff. Steering parts.

I havent seen an air-gun in years on any farm

... Everybody has a Lincoln or Alemite Cordless...the Milwaukee's are coming on strong too. If I had to get one it would be the Milwaukee...

LG63 · Feb 11, 2013

I can’t comment on the lubricating qualities of various brands, I suspect the worst grease is pretty darn good these days. I can tell you that some greases hold their oil much better than others. I noticed this a few years ago when I had different brands in several grease guns. In my limited comparison, Valvoline was the worst at bleeding oil, the gun was constantly dripping out the bottom so I sat it in a coffee can to see how much oil would collect. Over the course of a few months, a few tablespoons dripped out. I did the same thing with Mobil and Lubriplate and only got a few drops during the same time period.

sberry · Feb 11, 2013

That black stuff is so sticky, its got a different kind of "tack" to it. We live on filthy grimy salty sandy with a generous amount of clay and rock thown in roads. I am sure shielding, grommets have got better but with extended service in some cases the stuff still isnt dried right out, still some stuck around to shed water.

I know in my golf carts it has seemed to stick around, took one apart for some spring work and all the joints had seen a year and still not totally dried out, heat isnt a problem for that stuff its cold wet dirty, friction wearing and forcing it out. Its got to the point I give it a pump once a year during other work, maybe a squirt here and there if its convenient.

It sees stuff wears longer, I take better care of it and have reduced a lot of wear tear items too but car engines, got a Windstar, wore the truck right out with 1 fuel inj and a set of plugs, cleaned the iac once. I put an alt and a battery in it but the engine prolly a belt. Couple of air filters. Still runs.

dirtydogintex · Feb 11, 2013

WHAT DOES NLGI 2 stand for??

National Lubricating Grease Institute
https://www.nlgi.org/about-us/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLGI_consistency_number

sberry · Feb 11, 2013

I just don't have the moving equipment, I haven't used a half a tube in a month, all my own stuff is tight, lightly loaded, low service, even the busy stuff a half a tube a pop a couple times a week. I use a lever gun for that with the black.

If I had a lot of rolling stock you bet, would have my super duty battery luber. Would pay for itself in a busy week easy. As it is my longest job is a handful of times 5 minutes about a couple dozen fittings I just don't want the added equipment to pump 20 tubes a year. The use is so sporadic, haven't used a gun in maybe a week and then it was 2 pumps.

As it is I sent someone to a sale and they came back with wrong product, am on the lookout for penetrating spray at the right price. Its like tape measures, we use them daily. Liq Wrench is ok, I think I scored it for 2.29 the last time I got a dozen and case of CRC I scored for around 2 a can, I like that ok.

Spray in aerosol is a convenience I will pay for like paper towels and foam cups as well as a few paper plates. I need to work on some can holders for rugged use, we suffer some broken cans but the ability to apply light oil to common fastener during installation is an effort well rewarded, Don't got to get carried away with the never seize but a shot of bull piss on threads does wonders on getting it tight and being able to get it loose, both ways.

u118224 · Feb 11, 2013

I don't think you can find a better grease Than this for areas subject to water contamination. It's so tacky is strings out like glue. I bought a tube from a GMC dealer that uses it on slip yokes.

http://www.steelcolubricants.com/main_pages/grease_lubricants/red_crown_488/488-Red-Crown.html

Farmall450 · Feb 11, 2013

Anything by Lucas...

sberry · Feb 11, 2013

I am not sure the moly 11 is wheel brg rated, the blue and the red are. As was pointed out any of them are good, I think possibly a place a career guy could actually see improvement over motor oils etc,,, but chassis wear, it just "looks" like it stays in better and longer and never wear out a replacement part we can grease.

I got one steering part on one tractor I am fussy with a pump on each end when it flies by, I really suspect most of them could get the service life from if I never greased it again. My service truck, have not greased it since I drove it in the winter several years ago. Looks like it was done recent.

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