Topic: Who sells 'Honing oil' meant for honing cyliders ?

[grcamna2]

I'm in an area that doesn't carry many things or have too many services;I need to drive 20+ miles to find/search for things or order them online. Do you know anywhere that sells 'honing oil' that's specific to doing machine work and honing out cylinders and is reasonable? not 'cutting oil'. I keep seeing 'honing oil' meant for sharpening knives online..

[70CB750]

You could just use 30 weight oil.

Or there is Enco:

http://www.use-enco.com/1/1/5163-honing-metalworking-fluids-coolants-619-0236.html

[70CB750]

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[flybox1]

You could just use 30 weight oil.

I just soaked a rag with 30W and used it to wipe the cyl down after every few passes. 

[grcamna2]

You could just use 30 weight oil.

Or there is Enco:

http://www.use-enco.com/1/1/5163-honing-metalworking-fluids-coolants-619-0236.html

Hi Prokop,
I was looking at that Enco(do you use that hone oil? & how do I get the promo code?) and it says for "flex hones" (I imagine it wouldn't matter..)and I have a 3 stone "glaze breaker" spring loaded KD hone(they used to consider this type of hone a "glaze breaker" 15+ yrs. ago  ) w/ very fine stones rather than 'today's version' of a 'glaze breaker which is basically a 'ball hone' w/ many little beads on it.I want to ask if the oil has to be specific? dumb question I guess
The machine shop men i've spoken to so far have always told me that the specific "honing oil" helps to carry away the small metal filings rather than clog/fill-up the honing stones causing me to have to continually scrape the stones off.I just ran out of honing oil that i had for yrs. so i need to 're-up'.

[grcamna2]

Ok,
Well got in touch w/ a friend from another state who has had an Automotive machine shop in High Point,NC. for years(I lived there for a short time) and they told me they mix up their own 'brew' of 'honing oil'. They mix oil with standard kerosene    Ronnie told me they mix 8ozs. of 30wt. motor oil to 24ozs. of standard kerosene to make 1) qt. of 'honing oil'     What do you think ?

[flybox1]

I bet that would work great!
Low RPMs, wet your cylinders often, and shoot for that 45deg crosshatch.
It wont take very long. . .

[grcamna2]

I bet that would work great!
Low RPMs, wet your cylinders often, and shoot for that 45deg crosshatch.
It wont take very long. . .

 

[70CB750]

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You could just use 30 weight oil.

Or there is Enco:

http://www.use-enco.com/1/1/5163-honing-metalworking-fluids-coolants-619-0236.html

Hi Prokop,
I was looking at that Enco(do you use that hone oil? & how do I get the promo code?) and it says for "flex hones" (I imagine it wouldn't matter..)and I have a 3 stone "glaze breaker" spring loaded KD hone(they used to consider this type of hone a "glaze breaker" 15+ yrs. ago  ) w/ very fine stones rather than 'today's version' of a 'glaze breaker which is basically a 'ball hone' w/ many little beads on it.I want to ask if the oil has to be specific? dumb question I guess
The machine shop men i've spoken to so far have always told me that the specific "honing oil" helps to carry away the small metal filings rather than clog/fill-up the honing stones causing me to have to continually scrape the stones off.I just ran out of honing oil that i had for yrs. so i need to 're-up'.

[chewbacca5000]

I just use that 3 in 1 machine oil you can buy it at any big box outlet store.  That with a 3 stone hone does the trick.