Blade lubrication

Hmmm…. going to be fun watching this one.
Personally, after cleaning the blades I use a bit of paraffin wax, about one or two streaks across the blade. Or a finish wax LIGHTLY on the outer 1/3 of the blade.
Over kill? Yeah, but it makes me feel better.

-- Grumpy old guy, and lookin' good Doin' it. ... Surprise Az.

I don’t lubricate my blades. They sell spray on blade and bit lube at woodworking stores if you are interested.

-- Willie, Washington "If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice" - Rush

I’ve never lubricated a tablesaw blade. But all mine are Freud Diablos except my box cutter set. Not sure what the lube would accomplish???

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

I live where there should be mist-belt forest. EVERYTHING rusts if i don’t dry it immediately with a hot air gun and then ‘seal’ with a barrier layer of some sort. Usually a lube. So the point isn’t lubrication gfadvm. ‘Oil’ is just something that unobtrusively covers everything and continues to protect even when the tool’s been used a bit as it smooshes around rather than being abraded off.
Natural oils (almond; camellia; etc) are better for the user, but seem to age (harden, ?rot?, get removed). Whereas the other category of earth-oil derived lubes last longer and seem to get into every knook and cranny but are more problematic chemicals.
Point is that you can really use whatever is at hand, as you did. Each have their characteristics, their pros and cons. I’ve used paraffin (kerosine), engine oil, almond, furniture polish, furniture wax, tool-in-a-can general purpose spray, air tool oil / sewing machine oil, and bicycle ‘dry’ lubricant.
Be weary of transferring ‘lube’ to your workpieces.

-- Never is longer than forever.

Another suitable product would be the INOX range of MX sprays MX3 for general use and MX4 for long term preservation.

-- Regards Rob

thanks for your input guys, i guess i’ll go buy some machine oil or something.