Threading conduit with WD40 instead of Tallow

[High Tower]

whats that green slop in a tin that smells of lime that I used to see? made a right old mess....

That's where u were going wrong mate, u were trying to thread conduit with swarfega lmao he he

 

[telectrix]

last time i did a lot of conduit work was in a hospital. used lard from the kitchen. was usefull in lubing the cables in as well.

 

[prince]

I also use trefolex..not facing any problem yet.

 

[Guest111]

One of our contracts managers years back decided to use wd 40 as a lubricant when drawing cables into conduit and it melted all the insulation.

 

[shanky887614]

was at a wholesalers a while ago (edo's) they had not even heard of trefolex and gave us this black tar **** that they called cutting compound

was terrible, was really thick so a pain to get it to stick then as soon as you started threading it got runny and runs off.

usually use the stuff the plumbers/pipe fitters use that comes in a can

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