Remove lubricant from top kits?

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- 07/11/2011 at 11:19 am #49376
  TF_rik_j
  Is it possible to remove the excess lubricants from the top kits with ordinary washing up liquid?
  
  I don’t want to harm the carbon and/or the resin, and have a gut feeling that washing up liquid would be ok. Anybody have a view on this?
  
  I have not been satisfied with the combination of Slippery Eel and Milo Jumpy elastics, so want to switch to a different brand of elastics and just use water as lubricant.
- 07/11/2011 at 12:38 pm #150806
  TF_craigo
  take laccy and bungs out – soak in bath with a bit of washing up liquid.
  
  Run some wool through your kits with elastic threader and pull from each end against the inner walls of your kits – rinse well
  
  Job done
- 07/11/2011 at 1:40 pm #150812
  TF_Paddy
  You can use a smidgin of washing up liquid, diluted against alot of water as a lubricant anyway – its as good as anything off the shelf and you do not have the washing out problem you refer to. A freind of mine uses hair conditioner diluted lots and lots and thats fine as well.
  Chuck them in the bath as Craigo says, the will be fine.
- 07/11/2011 at 1:53 pm #150815
  TF_rik_j
  Sounds like it’s quite easy to clean the old lubricant off.
  
  I used to use just water to lubricate my elastics, but after I bought a new pole I felt the need for some kind of lubricant, but it has gone from bad to worse. I will now try and switch the brand of elastics, to see if it helps. Thanks a lot 🙂
- 07/11/2011 at 9:01 pm #150838
  TF_lump
  it’s more likely to be scum, pollen, seeds and dust from the water than lube.
- 07/11/2011 at 9:25 pm #150842
  TF_billy the squid
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  Ive always just used water and was thinking about trying a lube the other day, take it that it dosn’t work then??
- 08/11/2011 at 8:16 am #150865
  TF_rik_j
  Lump: I had problems from day 1, when the top kit’s had not seen any water at all, so I suppose the brand of elastic does make a difference. However, it’s true that the lubricant also binds dirt from the surroundings.
  
  Billy the squid> In my experience there is a lot of difference between the brands of elastics, whether they need lubricant or not. I’ve used Milo Jumpy + water as lubricant in the past, with good results, but with the new pole it didn’t work out. I then tried the same elastic with Slippery Eel, but didn’t succeed. I’m switching to Sensas Latex, as a few of my buddies have good results with these, just using water as lubricant.
  
  In general I prefer to just use water as lubricant, as it’s the cheapest, least messy option.
- 08/11/2011 at 1:05 pm #150875
  TF_craigo
  quite a few off the shelve lubricants clog up your pole over time in my experience. The oil based lubricants such as preston slip are a bit expensive and dont last that long but seem to be better, the bigger bottles of a white coloured liquid such as drennan or maver etc are better when well diluted as they go tacky when a build occurs inside the pole.
  
  I’ve been using the maver lube watered down 3 parts water, 1 part lube
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