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Mojotex 10-21-2009 05:27 PM

Rail and Serving Lube Advice
 
I'd like to know what any of you think is best.

coyote170 10-22-2009 02:49 AM

Jig a Loo Wal Mart hardware dept.

DaGriz 10-22-2009 02:56 AM

+1 for Jigaloo as rail lube.

Minimal wax on serving and burnish it in real well, wipe off excess!

Huntr2 10-22-2009 04:07 AM

a couple
 
I have jig-a-loo and scorpion venom both work great but for price point the jig a loo cant be beat. Buckeyefootball

Krypt Keeper 10-22-2009 05:26 AM

Plain old Crisco shortning on the rail. Scent free, can find it at any grocery store and for like $3 you get a tub of it, slick as snot. I use Bohning string wax on my string, and with this combo I have over 1,000 shots on my string and the serving looks like new. I keep it in a little No.11 BP cap tin in my hunting pack.

I also use this Crisco in my blackpowder pistol to cap off each ball in the cylinder.

Mike Van Veghten 10-22-2009 06:29 AM

Krypt -

1,000 shots isn't saying much until you name the bow.
There are many bows out there that the string to track/rail contact is VERY light.
To name a couple, Darton and some of the Hortons and the Bowtech Desert Stryker is also fairly light.

Mike

Krypt Keeper 10-22-2009 08:16 AM

PSE Viper is the bow I got

saxman1 10-22-2009 08:37 AM

I use the excalibur wax that came with my bow and I clean any residue with 91% Alchohol
I dont use any lube on the rail.

Cossack 10-23-2009 05:05 AM


Originally Posted by Krypt Keeper (Post 3480708)
Plain old Crisco shortning on the rail. Scent free, can find it at any grocery store and for like $3 you get a tub of it, slick as snot. I use Bohning string wax on my string, and with this combo I have over 1,000 shots on my string and the serving looks like new. I keep it in a little No.11 BP cap tin in my hunting pack.

I also use this Crisco in my blackpowder pistol to cap off each ball in the cylinder.

Anything sticky like Crisco attracts dirt, which contains has silica, which tends to prematurely wear serving, string and deck.
Jig a loo works great on deck. Beeswax based was (same as I use to make em) on strings.

Poppa Doc 11-01-2009 01:44 PM

Anyone use the jig-a-loo with teflon?


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