Lubricant in a ball valve?

[A a r o n]

Would lubricating a ball valve to make it easier to turn be safe?

edit: 1 inch pvc

[Jumpin Jehosaphat]

If it's copper it should be, but I'm not sure.
If its PVC be careful about what lubricant you use I think some petroleum products can weaken PVC.

[pyrogeek]

I used glycerin on the 2in ball valve on my big combustion. The valve was because I didn't like taking the clean out cap off after every shot.

Glycerin can be purchased at a drug store. It can be used as a skin protectant, moisturizer in the winter, lubricant on equipment used for food. I used some as a lubricant on some tubing I was slipping on a barbed fitting. So, it has plenty of other uses.

[flamerz14]

Yeah..and when You get hungry you can make jell-o in your combustion

[Marco321]

I heard some lubes/grease can damage the rubber in ball valves, for my ball valve i used dish washing liquid. I just put some in, opened and closed a few times and repeated until it was easy to open.

[spanerman]

a spray silicone lube is what you want, it is designed to lube and not to deteriate plastics and ruber its would be perfect for what you need

[sandman]

i think WD-40 will eat away the rubber in a ball valve

[Infernal Maveric]

IDK if they sell it in the USA, but Durex sell sex lubes. They are all water bases lubes, so won't destroy rubbers or plastics. i will be getting some for my piston gun, as cooking oil gets sprayed out the barrel pretty fast.

[Flying_Salt]

IDK if they sell it in the USA, but Durex sell sex lubes.

So you tell the guy you're buying them from that you have a big gun to lube up at home?

[Infernal Maveric]

No, I will buy it to have some fun with my girlfriend, but also use it to lube up my gun

[A a r o n]

Alright, thanks for the help. I'll try the dishwashing liquid and if that doesn't work out I'll look into buying some spray silicone lube.

[iknowmy3tables]

doesn't anyone remember soaking your valve in warm water or is that only for metal, or is it soaking it in oil

[mtronic]

So you tell the guy you're buying them from that you have a big gun to lube up at home?

Why not tell the cashier that you'll be lubricating a large pneumatic gun to use on your girlfriend. When they ask why, you can say she has a strange fetish Well at least thats what I'd do, it would give him a story to tell on his lunch break.

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

Why not tell the cashier that you'll be lubricating a large pneumatic gun to use on your girlfriend. When they ask why, you can say she has a strange fetish Well at least thats what I'd do, it would give him a story to tell on his lunch break.

I once had a beautiful Russian er... affair, she told me that she had once found very alternative uses for her ex's guns. When she suggested I might like to see her do the same with mine, I refused outright on the grounds that bodily fluids are terribly corrosive.

Yeah, I still regret it :-/

[mtronic]

.....hmmm 8)