oldtimer 66
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From my apprentice days when using a dead center in a lathe we would use red lead to lubricate the center. I don't know if they make that any more. There was also a yellow lead that we would use for gear messing. It was easier to see in that application. When wheel pressing we used the AAR wheel mount compound. The old wheel mount compound was a mixture of twice boiled linseed oil and white carbonic lead/ 12 lbs. to one gallon of the boiled linseed oil. The wheel mount compound has been replaced with a non lead compound. The new wheel compound is linseed oil based but with out the lead compound. This is all from memory so some of these details may not be accurate.