Adding alcohol to graphite
Adding alcohol to graphite
I read in a set of Girl Scout rules that adding alcohol to graphite makes it a "Liquid lubricant" and therefore illegal. I've never heard of doing that before, don't know how I would do it, and don't know any advantage in doing it. Does anyone know why a reason like that would be in scout rules?
- whodathunkit
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Adding alcohol to graphite
Well Speedster,
Some believe that it makes a paste to coat the axles and that it’s sticks to the axle when dry.
Or that the wet mixture packs into the wheel bores better.
And when drys forms a small graphite bushing.
Hope that helps.
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Some believe that it makes a paste to coat the axles and that it’s sticks to the axle when dry.
Or that the wet mixture packs into the wheel bores better.
And when drys forms a small graphite bushing.
Hope that helps.
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Re: Adding alcohol to graphite
That's very educational. Thank You. I had never heard of that before. It makes me wonder how a local Girl Scout troop learned of it.
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Adding alcohol to graphite
Hard to say for sure Speedster!
It could all stem from this lecture
http://www.pinewoodderbyphysics.com/pdf ... e%2016.pdf
Car Lecture under lecture 16
Or some different web sites .
There are some good write ups about it as well.
http://www.maximum-velocity.com/pinewoo ... 015/01/54/
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It could all stem from this lecture
http://www.pinewoodderbyphysics.com/pdf ... e%2016.pdf
Car Lecture under lecture 16
Or some different web sites .
There are some good write ups about it as well.
http://www.maximum-velocity.com/pinewoo ... 015/01/54/
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What type of automobile can be spelled the same forwards & backwards?
Re: Adding alcohol to graphite
Adding alcohol to graphite doesn't seem like a worthy road to pursue. That said, there may be some potential for using an alcohol/tungsten-disulphide (WS2) mixture for coating the bores and hub surfaces prior to a graphite lube.
https://www.lowerfriction.com/howto.php
The key would be applying the paste to a rotating wheel until you get a silvery sheen left behind.
I believe Bracketracer has used WS2 as an underlayer for graphite lubes in the past.
https://www.lowerfriction.com/howto.php
The key would be applying the paste to a rotating wheel until you get a silvery sheen left behind.
I believe Bracketracer has used WS2 as an underlayer for graphite lubes in the past.
Re: Adding alcohol to graphite
Thank you for all the info. It was interesting to read.
Re: Adding alcohol to graphite
Seems like an impossible rule to police. So imo not a very good rule.
Scott
Scott