Can graphene be used instead of oil?

[Mjolinor]

It's graphite. You can make graphene from graphite with sticky tape just by putting a piece of graphite between two bits of sticky tape and constantly separating them because the only difference is that graphene is one molecule thick and graphite is more than one molecule thick. Unless of course my memory is faulty which is entirely likely.

[Ama-fessional Molder]

It's graphite. You can make graphene from graphite with sticky tape just by putting a piece of graphite between two bits of sticky tape and constantly separating them because the only difference is that graphene is one molecule thick and graphite is more than one molecule thick. Unless of course my memory is faulty which is entirely likely.

Yeah, that's pretty much the gist of it.

Just use a nice graphite dry lubricant if that's your thing. For sheer effectiveness though, nothing beats an automatic oiler and a good drip collection method. I work with 40 year old injection molding machines that have automatic oilers and almost all of them are on original bushings and 30 million+ cycles.