I've thought about the vegetable oil as I use it quite a bit on my farm equipment either as a lube or rust preventive. For instance, preventing rust on a seeder or fertilizer spreader while it is in storage. These implements need to be free of anything during use and the vegetable oil is very easy to clean off. As far as a lube, it is used on all kinds of parts such as PTO shafts, not the grease fittings but where the two shaft halves overlap and the U-joints where they slide onto the splines. I mean it is used on everything!lead-1 wrote:I just use a little 3 in 1 oil or something thin, have even rubbed a little Ed's Red on the ram a time or two. Now with that said, I used to work on industrial embroidery machines (car and truck floor mats) and they didn't want oil stains on the carpet so we used a vegetable oil. I really don't see why it wouldn't be press friendly if it was used on very fast moving sewing machine parts.
I have a large trailer that I rebuilt, all the metal is bare. I have to wait for better whether to prep and apply a finish but I need the trailer now. I sprayed it down with vegetable oil and it has been in use, out in the weather, and there is no rust forming on it. Once the temperature is up, I will wash it with Dawn detergent and get busy prepping and painting it.