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Anybody else tried using WD40 when threading conduit? its also good for cleaning the threads as well after you have filed the end with a round file (or used your pliers) and cleans away metal dust better than an old rag....also less messy than Tallow :innocent:
 
Have tried it when nothing else available seemed to dry up or evaporate very quickly whilst threading.
 
Seem to remember using dried fat from the butchers last time i did any. Worked a treat.
 
i like to keep a can of 3in1 in the toolbox. comes in handy if i'm doing a lot of hacksawing. wouldn't use it for threading conduit though, it's a bit thin and would evaporate too quickly - you'd spend a small fortune on dies.


sorry sintra! just noticed that you've already mentioned the evaporation problem.
 
i use trefolex

Me too, I've been using it for over 30 years and nothing else is quite as good.
Rocol RTD compound or liquid is a close second, but more expensive. However, some prefer the tubes of Rocol RTD compound for the precise delivery, but I've always managed to squash the tube somehow and had a mess to clear up either in the van or worse in the tool bag.
In third place I would put Ambersil Tufcut compound or liquid.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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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