Ironhead, RW here,

You da man!!! I've used Penn Reel Lube for over 60 years and never had a problem with any of my reels. That's a 60-plus years testimonial to Penns, but it seems to me I've used plain old vasoline back in the day too. Guess I'm gettin too old to remember....lol.

I'll bet I used sewing machine oil too, since my wife was a professional dressmaker. I guess they all worked though.

rw