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**Ellis** · December 4th, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by FLaMe.1

yo oil is fuking oil

Dude, don't avoid the swear filter.

You shouldn't have used the oil, but too late now.

**godzillah8r033** · December 4th, 12:41 PM

yea im prolly gonna go some dow 33 if i can find it and clean my gun out and put it in ther.

**Homeless Box** · December 4th, 01:04 PM

that'll work

**Mortisdeum** · December 4th, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by godzillah8r033

yea im prolly gonna go some dow 33 if i can find it and clean my gun out and put it in ther.

Check the hardware store, machinist supply (tends to come in large quantities), Autoparts, or Paintball stores.

**godzillah8r033** · December 4th, 02:40 PM

yea my brother works at my local hardware store and he said that they didnt carry it so ill try the other one.

***a031363*** · December 5th, 10:17 AM

wow, at least someone has enlighted the others about the difference between gun oil and dow33! Thanks, Mortisdeum. Keep in mind that dow33 is the common name for the chemical compound. This is marketed under different names to the public, including Evil Pus, Shocker Lube, etc. Also, do not confuse dow33 with dow55. Dow 55 is a thinner lube and will not adhere to the surfaces as well.

**MrMacDude** · December 5th, 10:41 AM

Just buy a tube of shocker lube... its so inexpensive there's no excuse not to.

**jaggy13** · December 5th, 03:52 PM

I really liked the radio shack lube gel on my ion. worked great, stayed put. and its only $3.

as others have touched on, oil will travel very easily.
#1 it will blow off the bolt and into the breach causing wicked curve balls and horrilbe accuracy.
#2 it will travel down the bolt return line to the noid. (that would be bad...)

**Kdrx1** · December 8th, 04:23 PM

I dont think its very healthy to use oil in an ion use lube

(havent read thread)

**counterstrike53** · December 8th, 04:54 PM

umm the reason your ion felt like it worked better is because you've had it for 3 months and haven't lubed it yet. take your bolt out, wipe off that stuff and buy some shocker grease.

DrQuinn2006 · December 11th, 12:11 PM

guys, oil is oil, it's all made from petroleum, the only differrence is how it's processed. if it works, use it. if it's similar to the other stuff, who will know... say you use the other oil and the gun goes down and you send it to smart parts. i don't exactly think they're gonna get a Qtip out and get a sample of the oil you used and send it to a lab to be analyzed before fixing you're gun.

***a031363*** · December 11th, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DrQuinn2006

guys, oil is oil, it's all made from petroleum, the only differrence is how it's processed. if it works, use it. if it's similar to the other stuff, who will know... say you use the other oil and the gun goes down and you send it to smart parts. i don't exactly think they're gonna get a Qtip out and get a sample of the oil you used and send it to a lab to be analyzed before fixing you're gun.

Correct, oil is oil, but Dow33 is NOT oil. It is not petroleum-based here is it's composition: 60% Dimethyl, phenylmethyl siloxane, trimethyl-terminated
15-40% Lithium stearate (thanks for YDNA's site www.zdspb.com).

DrQuinn2006 · December 11th, 02:38 PM

i didn't know that. but still, i don't think sp will check and whatever works...

***a031363*** · December 11th, 02:41 PM

well, that is the problem, oil will work for the short term, but will eventually cause problems in the solenoid. If these problems take more than 6 months to develop, then you will NOT be able to get the board fixed by SP under warranty since the warranty is only 6 months! It is a far better idea to do what is right, not what is easiest. You know, this is a motto to live your life by, not just for maintaining your Ion!

**counterstrike53** · December 11th, 05:12 PM

I thought that petroleum based stuff ate your orings...

so why can't we just use vaseline if petroleum is ok??

***a031363*** · December 11th, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by counterstrike53

I thought that petroleum based stuff ate your orings...

so why can't we just use vaseline if petroleum is ok??

Petroleum products are NOT ok...read the last part of the thread. You can use what ever you want, but you risk damaging the solenoid.

**counterstrike53** · December 11th, 07:43 PM

Mech Spyders dont have solenoids. I occassionally have to use my spyder as a backup but that pmi gun oil doesn't last very long at all.

***onesikpup*** · December 11th, 09:55 PM

and how does that relate to ions?

**seanness** · December 11th, 09:58 PM

oil is oiling use lube for lubing (and luving) oil can get into ur electronics and **** them up so just use shocker lube the big tube will last for soo long