3-in-1 household oil is a vegetable oil & acidic?

[Tosh]

sheldonbrown.com/chains.html#factory

"Lubricants Not to Use!

"Household" oil, such as 3 in 1, is a vegetable oil and is acidic. It tends to gum up. (It's really bad news inside internal hub gears, too...)"

So should I pour it into the oil recycling jug, and never look back?
SMH

 

[Skid]

Nope. Internet bull.

http://www.wd40company.com/files/pdf/sds/3inone/3-in-one-multi-purpose-oil-w-telescoping-spout.pdf

Severely Hydrotreated Heavy Naphthenic Oil 64742-52-5 >97
Naphtha, petroleum 64742-47-8 Non-Hazardous Ingredients Mixture <3

 

[antiqueshell]

Haha....I always am astonished by the amount of people taken in
by some random person on the interwebz making a false statement and others eating it up without doing any research on their own.

 

[kschachn]

Lmao, couldn't agree with you more.

Originally Posted By: antiqueshell
Haha....I always am astonished by the amount of people taken in
by some random person on the interwebz making a false statement and others eating it up without doing any research on their own.

 

[OneEyeJack]

Originally Posted By: Skid
Nope. Internet bull.

http://www.wd40company.com/files/pdf/sds/3inone/3-in-one-multi-purpose-oil-w-telescoping-spout.pdf

Severely Hydrotreated Heavy Naphthenic Oil 64742-52-5 >97
Naphtha, petroleum 64742-47-8 Non-Hazardous Ingredients Mixture


+1

 

[Tosh]

Originally Posted By: antiqueshell
Haha....I always am astonished by the amount of people taken in
by some random person on the interwebz making a false statement and others eating it up without doing any research on their own.

But in this case Sheldon Brown is an experienced bicycle repair guru, so not a random claim...

Thanks for the quick replies, everyone!

 

[NHGUY]

In a lot of cases,so called experts are merely speaking their own opinion and not fact.They don't realize they could get sued or at least a cease and desist order could be placed on them,for spreading a harmful lie.

 

[Rand]

hes right you shouldn't use it on a bike chain, however everything else was wrong. Unless he has some special brand that esp. sucks.

 

[totegoat]

Yep, I use 3-in-1 Garage Door Lube instead.

 

[HerrStig]

Like the one the other day which claimed Warren Oil products are all "rerefined" oil.

 

[OneEyeJack]

If this is what this guy knows about 3-in-1 oil one can wonder about the value of the rest of his statements.

 

[Tosh]

Could it have been partly vegetable way back then, say 60's?

 

[4wheeldog]

Originally Posted By: totegoat
Yep, I use 3-in-1 Garage Door Lube instead.


Huh......I use motorcycle chain lube on my garage doors. Works great.