I almost always used diesel as blade lube. One drop per second. This works out to about a quart or less per day, no more than the amount of bar oil used in a chainsaw in the same number of hours.
It works well except when I forget to turn it off at the end of the day.
I've experimented with soap and water lube with limited sucess, but i'm not sure I had the right mixture and flow rate.
I have read about dish soap, laundry soap, pinesol, ect. mixed with water or ww fluid and used as blade lube.
My question is does soap and water based lube work as well (or better than) petrolium based blade lube? What ratio and flow rate do you use?
If water based blade lube really works I may give it another shot. If petrolium is the better solution, at least folks can read it here.