Thanks for the idea of leaving out the white lithium wheel bearing grease, and just using equal parts white paint and motor oil. Weve never tried that.
The white grease costs about double what white paint does and several times what motor oil costs.
Grease is designed to not harden or dry out, and grease stays on the plate and roller.
Oil wont harden or dry out, either, but its thinner than grease, and may be prone to flip off the roller and make a mess.
The white paint is designed to dry hard and fast and stick to everything, which is not the object of pattern plate grease paint.
The white grease is about $15 a quart, the paint about $7.50, and the motor oil $5.
I suppose you could try just oil and paint and then add white grease later, but three quarts of our oil-paint-grease formula lasts for hundreds of patterns, and the savings on grease would not amount to more than a box or two of shells.
Not having the mix fly off the roller, is worth a lot.:)
