[Guest]

My MK96 comes today, and I am wondering what type of lube to use for the barrel and hopup and which type for the cylinder parts.

Btw, I think I'm going to get an EDGI 6.01 TBB and PDI Hop Up Chamber. I'm using Bioval .30 s.

 

[drummxer404]

Sorry guys, I'm not familiar with this site and accidentally posted without signing in...And I think I thought lubricants could be a sub heading or something.

 

[evilfish]

I do not use Any lubricants in the barrel. Some of my friends use, but I haven't seen it improve anything. As for the hoppup rubber, use some basic silicon spray. As for the cylinder it depends. I use in my Teflon cylinder some fine silicon.Teflon mixture. Experiment to find what suits you the best. But watch out for those sort of lubricants which eat out the rubber parts.

 

[octoberknight]

Evilfish the hop up rubber should be bone dry, so should the barrel and bb's as for everything else lube your heart out.

 

[fuzzywolly]

I put some silicon on the outside of my bucking to help it slide into the hop up chamber easily. This helps from it getting stuck and having myself rip a perfectly good bucking

As for the cylinder, I use P Force silicon spray. Makes the cylinder pull back smoothly. Also, like october said, I never put silicon into the barrel, as I thought it would make your shots go all over.

 

[mojo]

you can spray your barrel with silicon.. but you also have to swab out the excess... leaving a very thin even layer
and if you play in very dry climates its almost required. (like the desert were we play)

shooting bone dry in my environment with destroy your hop-up bucking in 100 shots.

 

[octoberknight]

Yeah but I live here in the Pac NW. Since the weather is really mild we can shoot at least a lot more shot's with a bone dry bucking than down on the High desert.

 

[evilfish]

Well the hop up rubber is not wet, but like moist. In the winter, when it's 20 Celsius below zero, the hop up rubber tends to "freeze" or lose it's rubbery effect, when its "soaked" in silicon. I usually spray on a Q-tip and use the tip to lubricate the rubber.

 

[drummxer404]

Alright, so I guess I'll try silicon in the cylinder (100% silicon or whatever of course) and a tiny bit in the hop up chamber/barrel.

Thanks for the help!