Q8, PMS SEND TO THOSE WITH ISSUES BLF soda can light

Found a product that looks a bit like the no-ox-id :

Burndy P8A Oxide-Inhibiting Joint Compounds PENETROX

Just get the SuperLube Synthetic Grease that comes in a tube. Not the oil or spray. It comes in different size tubes.
I’ll get you a picture from HomeDepot & post it in a bit.
I use SuperLube on all my lights. I tried a few more expensive products but can’t tell a dimes worth of difference between them & SuperLube. SuperLube is much more economical for my money and works as well as the “best”.

This stuff works well. It’s teflon grease. It’s not as thick as Nyogel so it doesn’t artificially add resistance, but I’ve never found that to be an issue. Just clean the threads, slather on some grease, turn it to get everything worked in, then wipe off anything which squeezes out. If it ever gets dirty, repeat.

Below is your Home Depot link…

SUPER LUBE /HomeDepot

Another handy tip is get a small syringe from the pharmacy, take the plunger out, fill syringe with SuperLube, & reinstall plunger. It makes a handy dispenser. Add a large gauge needle & you can reach hard to acess areas on other projects also.

I have one ordered 8th, still backordered…

Wow! Great beamshot comparison Miguel_79. The Q8 was stunning.

Your post also makes me want to go back to Spain again, it’s been 5 years. My wife’s grandparents are from beautiful Asturias.

If people do not receive shipping email, relax, we slowly see people say their Q8 is shipped or labels printed, just do the good old “order and forget” there is not a lot of choice if one wants to keep the blood pressure down :slight_smile:

Well since China goes on holiday for a week starting Sunday, yeah, folks will probably need to be patient.

Yes, that’s the thread that peaked my interest also. The OP confirmed it with Nye Chemical so he says. You could PM him and ask. I will say that Ford isn’t in the business of manufacturing Motorcraft oils, or lubricants, so they have to source it from somewhere. I have some Nyogel sitting right here, and comparing the two, I see, feel and smell no difference between the two. They look identical to me.

I've been using a FORD tube of Nyogel for years now. It's on it's very last squeeze. I now remove the cap and dig in with a tool to pull out what I need. It was offered for sale here on BLF by a member a while back, think he got them off of eBay - little older batch but all good.

You want an electrically conductive lubricant (“electrical” or bulb grease”) not an insulating lubricant.

Ask the Google: superlube electrical conducting - Google Search

Probably not that one

Thank you for comparing it to the original labeled Nyogel, will order some.

Lovely beamshots Miguel_79 :slight_smile:

I’m now re-thinking whether I need (want) the Kronos 70 GB (S70 with higher power driver). Was expecting it to be a quite different animal from the Q8, for throw, but from your shots it seems the Q8 will cover both bases, at least well enough for me, in such a compact package.

PS: were your torches standard, or have you made a few improvements to any ?

More Good Thread Lube Info for inquiring minds.
SuperLube has worked fine for me for years & I will continue using it. For any who might want info on other lubes… hope this helps.

1807 preorders as of now.

That looks like a compound maybe for assembling industrial electrical gear, petroleum based, and has suspended zinc particles in it to help conduction. I wouldn’t try it if wanting to use lockout. Interesting nevertheless maybe elsewhere inside torch (tail PCB to tube interface perhaps).

https://www.galco.com/buy/Burndy/P8A

I think any decent synthetic grease as previously mentioned is sufficient here, thread-lubrication and O-ring compatibility is top of my mind.

By the way “synthetic” doesn’t mean silicone based, it is probably a highly refined (chemically reconstructed) hydrocarbon material.

I generally use some bicycle grease with Teflon because already I have it to hand in a big tube, it is inexpensive, and it seems to do the job well enough. And it is a pretty red color :slight_smile: Not saying it’s the best though, not sure what the base material is, if it is a genuine “red grease” then it will be vegetable based, to throw another one into the discussion. It’s good stuff for bicycles, at least.

That Ford/Nyogel XG-12 = Nyogel 760g stuff looks interesting, I’ll see if my Ford dealer has it at a sensible price (not really planning on spending nearly half the price of a Q8 on a tube of grease).

https://www.nyelubricants.com/nyogel

Haha TK :slight_smile: that’s what i use in my RC cars, and also what i put on the dry Q8 thread yesterday, i need more though cant be more than a few Sq CM in the tube.

Found the original BLF thread on the Ford Nyogel: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/11434, $12 shipped, $15 retail sound bout right unfortunately.

So 5 years from my one tube ain't bad, considering my usage. Many times I strip it off, re-apply over and over again in modding/testing.

1807?
That is sweet and a bit tricky at the same time.
I really like that BLF as a whole did order as much as were spoken for despite we know people have left BLF.
I remember it was pulling with reserve lists to get to the amount needed on other projects, so this is nice.

Of course a 99–99.9 order rate would have been ideal, leaving more with a profit in it for Thorfire and Banggood. Making ~104% a bit tricky.

But well all in all very happy, also for the trust, when issues became clear people stocked to their pre order, very kind and nice.

Codes seem to still be working! Must be a sign that Banggood and Thorfire are happy with their profit.