# Anybody know what's in thin lube? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [July 11, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-know-whats-in-thin-lube/16564 "2010-07-11T02:45:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![duckie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/duckie/32/590_2.png) [@duckie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/duckie)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-know-whats-in-thin-lube/16564/1 "2010-07-11T02:45:21Z")
We use it all the time, but what’s in it? For all we know it could be clear cooking oil. ??? ---
**Author:** ![Yummy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yummy/32/14065_2.png) [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-know-whats-in-thin-lube/16564/2 "2010-07-11T02:50:15Z")
From what I have heard it is mineral oil. ---
**Author:** ![UnstoppableWalnut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/unstoppablewalnut/32/512_2.png) [@UnstoppableWalnut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/UnstoppableWalnut)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-know-whats-in-thin-lube/16564/3 "2010-07-11T03:13:56Z")
I don’t think they’ll say specifically. I doubt you’ll be able to get the exact same thing from some consumer store. It’s probably sourced/bought in large drums from some oil or lubricant company then rebottled into small dropper bottles. If it’s mineral oil, then the bottle is labeled incorrectly since mineral oil is distilled from crude, bottle says “no petroleum distillates.” I’d bet on white (colorless) synthetic oil offered in different viscosities. Possibly food-grade. Low viscosity oil for thin lube, probably recommended for machine spindles. And high viscosity for thick lube. I don’t know why other manufacturers (YYF, Duncan, etc) don’t come out with specific thin lubes. Vegetable oil goes bad/rancid and gums. ---
**Author:** ![quinton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/quinton/32/376_2.png) [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-know-whats-in-thin-lube/16564/4 "2010-07-11T19:00:53Z")
Because that would be putting money into something that has already become established in YYJs market. Why re-invent the wheel? YYJ Thin Lube works well, and other companies know that. ---
**Author:** ![Targatheory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Targatheory](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Targatheory)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-know-whats-in-thin-lube/16564/5 "2020-01-17T00:52:35Z")
Eh, that’s not how business works. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-know-whats-in-thin-lube/16564/6 "2020-01-17T03:16:09Z")
Cooling oil - NO. > [@What Can I Use To Lube My Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-lube-my-yoyo/31171): > > Don’t have any yoyo lube laying around, try this… Gun lube, fishing reel lube, instrument oil, 3-in-1 all work fine if you don’t have any yoyo lube. YYJ thin lube will not make it more responsive. YYJ thick or yomega brain lube will. fishing reel and gun lube tend to be more like YYJ thin in how they work. Note that you can use YYJ thick or yomega brain lube and still have an unresponsive yoyo if done correctly. You can get the same thing as yomega brain lube at Radio Shack or the hardware s… ---
**Author:** ![Sinister\_Yoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sinister_yoyos/32/114006_2.png) [@Sinister\_Yoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sinister_Yoyos)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-know-whats-in-thin-lube/16564/7 "2020-01-17T19:04:18Z")
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