Anyone be use Lucas Red-N-Tacky spray grease?

[Buzznrose]

Not trying to start another “what lube” thread, just looking for info if you’ve used this stuff:

https://lucasoil.com/products/grease/red-n-tacky-grease

I’m talking the spray. I mainly use Lucas products these days and I like that their gun oils are carried locally at every ORielley Auto Parts for a reasonable price. Saw this so I decided to try it on firearms slides instead of grease.

So have you used it and any feedback. I just tried it for the first time. It sprays out like foam. Reminds me of the spray wall texture but greasy.



Using it, I spray it on then wipe off the excess. Not sure if I like it yet but honestly, it’s not a big deal either way. Just trying a new “mousetrap”

 

[Zerodefect]

Sprays are bad mojo. There's a solvent in them sometimes.

I mix the tube of Lucas grease into my oil blend to thin it out. It's as thin as the spray.

 

[WisBorn]

It's great grease for your garage door.
I would not use it on anything firearm related. Trying to think what I would use it for hunting related things???

 

[Speedo66]

Can it hold up to the high temps a gun can generate, or will it gum up?

 

[crestoncowboy]

I use it a lot on cars in my shop. Works great on chain swivels as well. Would be about the last thing I'd use on a gun. Overly tacky, overly thick, stinks, and it's red and staining. For storage I use wd40 specialist gel though.

 

[Buzznrose]

Thanks for the info. I’ll stick with my regular grease.

I have plenty of other stuff I can use it for like lawn machinery and such.

 

[Stumper]

Buzznrose, I am truly surprised. You are in Texas. Surely your mother told you to avoid anyone or anything that was "tacky".

 

[Elkins45]

Don’t know anything about the spray but there’s a well-regarded bullet lube formula called Ben’s Red that uses the regular tube grease.

Can it hold up to the high temps a gun can generate, or will it gum up?

It’s a high temperature bearing grease so it’s designed to handle prolonged heating.

 

[Buzznrose]

Buzznrose, I am truly surprised. You are in Texas. Surely your mother told you to avoid anyone or anything that was "tacky".

LOL! I am Texan by choice, not by birth!

 

[Walkalong]

LOL! I am Texan by choice, not by birth!

Texan by birth, but a transplanted air force brat.

 

[chicharrones]

I use the tub and grease gun versions of Red N Tacky for a variety of uses, but I've never noticed the spray version before.

I can tell you this, the "tacky" in the Red N Tacky non-spray versions is no more tacky than any other grease that you'd smear on by hand. Which means the only thing tacky about it is the fact it's grease and not oil. And for a grease, it's not that thick either, at least in the usual temps here on the Texas gulf coast.

 

[crestoncowboy]

I use the tub and grease gun versions of Red N Tacky for a variety of uses, but I've never noticed the spray version before.

I can tell you this, the "tacky" in the Red N Tacky non-spray versions is no more tacky than any other grease that you'd smear on by hand. Which means the only thing tacky about it is the fact it's grease and not oil. And for a grease, it's not that thick either, at least in the usual temps here on the Texas gulf coast.

The spray is like a sticky foam. It sprays heavily aerated though so im not sure how it would be used in a bearing. If your going to have to pack a bearing anyway you may as well use regular grease in my opinion. I prefer something a bit thinner too for bearings. The spray is a lot thinner than the tube. The spray would make a good pivot/ door hinge/trunk hinge lube if it weren't red. It is pretty sticky. I put it on a chain swivel on a motor hoist 2 years ago and it's still very much there and lubricated. I use it to get exhaust hangers out of the isolator. And on some chassis parts. I dont care for the red Lucas tube grease myself. I've used it though. I prefer valvoline or Mobil greases normally. Lucas makes some good stuff too though. I have plenty of Lucas things around the shop.

I have used slide glide on guns. Its also red. Much slicker though.

 

[Armored farmer]

'Red and tacky' just like my sister in law....

I don't disagree with using grease on firearms. I use it myself on high-friction areas like slides.
Aerosol is bad....just buy a tube of grease from farm supply store...
Mobil One is the finest and a tube will last a decade worth of assembly and lube.
We use TRC exclusively here on the farm....TEXAS REFINERS CORP...$9/tube.


Cheaper stuff clogs up my electric grease guns.