Rail lube or silicone clean
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Rail lube or silicone clean
Is it better to lube the rail with silicone grease or just clean with silicone spray and re-wipe??
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....Joel....I know I have not and do not use anything on the rail...I just take a towel to it and clean it if need be....to me if you start doing that I fear the rail becomes a dirt magnet...its just what I do....curious to hear what others will add to this!
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Re: Rail lube or silicone clean
I like to spray a clean cloth with silicone and wipe the rail lightly.
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Re: Rail lube or silicone clean
Wd 40 but l basically wipe it totally off.
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Re: Rail lube or silicone clean
I keep my rail dry and clean.
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Re: Rail lube or silicone clean
I spray silicone and wipe it dry. The residue that impregnates the anodizing is slippery enough to let debris slide off.
Some people just like stepping on rakes
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x2 on this.
i will also add that any type of oily residue will cause it to be a dirt magnet as anthony mentioned and oily stuff can cause early serving wear as well(i learned this the hard way many many years ago)
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Re: Rail lube or silicone clean
Bill t showeded us in a old video to use wd 40 sooo poop on you guys I'm gonna go with him
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Back then silicone spray was not available.longbow joe wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:15 pmBill t showeded us in a old video to use wd 40 sooo poop on you guys I'm gonna go with him
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Re: Rail lube or silicone clean
Lol. Boo why are you up so late your gonna be grumpy in the morning. Just kidding l love the silicone spray too. The Dupont is a wet type rather than the dry types l like it the best for use on a gasket. It has a small amount of teflon too.good stuff
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Re: Rail lube or silicone clean
longbow joe wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:27 pmLol. Boo why are you up so late your gonna be grumpy in the morning.
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Re: Rail lube or silicone clean
Funny, nearly twenty years ago when I bought me Exocet, it came with a small plastic container of “Excalibur String & Deck Wax”.
The instructions said to rub the wax on the rail, which I dutifully did. The thing was, this wax seemed rather sticky, not slippery. And when I fired off an arrow, sparks would fly!
It wasn’t too long before I switched to using a silicone-based rail lube, sold by Barnett I think it was.
Does anyone remember the old Excalibur Wax, and what the story was behind that? When did Bill T change from using that to wiping the rail with WD40?
The instructions said to rub the wax on the rail, which I dutifully did. The thing was, this wax seemed rather sticky, not slippery. And when I fired off an arrow, sparks would fly!
It wasn’t too long before I switched to using a silicone-based rail lube, sold by Barnett I think it was.
Does anyone remember the old Excalibur Wax, and what the story was behind that? When did Bill T change from using that to wiping the rail with WD40?
Re: Rail lube or silicone clean
.....I need one of our engineers to respond to this very technical question:
.....does the advantage of using silicone spray make the deer deader? If so I guess I must change from not putting silicone on the rail to putting silicone on the rail....as we all know we want the most deadest deer that one can possibly have!
Anthony
.....does the advantage of using silicone spray make the deer deader? If so I guess I must change from not putting silicone on the rail to putting silicone on the rail....as we all know we want the most deadest deer that one can possibly have!
Anthony
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I'm not an Engineer, but I'll give it a go...amythntr wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:47 pm.....I need one of our engineers to respond to this very technical question:
.....does the advantage of using silicone spray make the deer deader? If so I guess I must change from not putting silicone on the rail to putting silicone on the rail....as we all know we want the most deadest deer that one can possibly have!
Anthony
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