My son has a pinewood derby coming up and there is no "dry lubricants only" on the axles rule this year. I've given the white lithium grease a try. It was fantastic for about an hour and then it started to set up or something. It's still smooth but nowhere near as slippery as when I first applied it.

Any suggestions?

chknbone

 

AstroGlide, you'll find it next to condoms at walmart

 

Well you have two choices; follow the first link (and bring your checkbook) or follow the second link.

Slickest Coating

How to Cheat at Pinewood Derby

 

As soon as I hit submit on my original post, this voice came screaming from the back of my brain saying, "THAT WAS A MISTAKE".

I was ready for a lot of *good* answers but I have to admit "Astroglide" caught me completely by surprise

 

I've never used the stuff, but my friend chris has some. WOW that stuff is slick. Don't even think drity thoughts.

 

Word of advice:
Never represent yourself in a court of law.

 

Great! Now I can't think drity thoughts either.

 

Lifeguardjoe: The human ping pong ball.

(Don't slam him. I don't think we could find another with this much play in it.)

 

As soon as I saw your post I thought "That was a mistake."

 

In Jr. high we made CO2 powered cars. They were cool. Back then the rules wern't as Tight and you could do a few tricks. On the back wheel, we would take and sand down all but the very inside of the wheel. That way only a fraction of the wheel was touching the surface. We would also do that in the front as well. But shape that to a point so they would help cut the air better and have little surface tension. For the axles we used dry Graphite (not sure if you could use spray's lubricants or not) To keep the CO2 cartrage from Blowing out, we put a penny in the end (which added weight, so you could cut out more of the body)

It was a fun project.


Enjoy the great time you spend together!!!

 

Never mind.....

 

 

I've never used the stuff in the "I was by myself in a bathrrom" sense. I have felt it(the lubricant) becasue I put a drop on my finger.


This is a lose lose situation isn't it?

 

Not by yourself, huh.

It starts with a finger; then, it just snowballs from there.


Yup. That about covers it.

 

This is one of those times you have to cut your losses and RUN…