What's the best lubricant for endcaps?

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, I hope I haven’t broken any forum rules on whether this is acceptable or not.

Anyway I trust you are all well and enjoying your weekend.

I already have cans of silicone spray which I have used on my flashlights that seems to work great but obviously with it containing solvent, it has a lasting odour.

I was thinking of getting a tube of silicone grease like the stuff in the link Don kindly posted but before I do could anyone who uses the tubes please tell me if it has a strong smell?

Thanks,

Gary

The one that i use which is a small shot kind of tube works well and there seems to be no odor at all coming from it.

I don't notice any smell at all from the Maplin stuff but then I do smoke 40 a day. Despite that, I do have a rather acute sense of smell. An alternative is Copaslip which also has no smell that I notice - available from your local motor factor anywhere. Most of the spray lubricants will wash out any useful lubrication - avoid WD-40 like the plague. Though I do like the smell of it when it burns, spraying it on exhaust headers makes a nice smell.

Thanks for the replies gentlemen.

Have some copaslip/copper grease kicking around, use it on the back of my car brake pads to stop them squealing but find it can get everywhere.

I'm using some non oil based GT 85 lubricant which has a more perfumed smell to WD-40 so not as....interesting.

It looks like Maplin are doing the 50g tubes cheaper than ebay so will have to pay a visit, thanks.

Now, time for the pub.

Cheers,

Gary

I have both the NyoGel 760G and NyoGel 779ZC that I bought from Lighthound and they work very well and they do not have any smell whatsoever. Here's a thread that you might want to check out.

Comprehensive Grease and Lube Thread

Looks like some interesting information there thanks.

Hopefully that thread doesn't end in an argument that budget lubricant is a false economy and although all of them do a reasonably similar job only the top of the range most expensive lubricant can be trusted in a flashlight that you rely on to protect your life and that of your loved ones......or to look in the garden shed.

In my garden shed you'll find assorted lubricants and fuels. Copaslip rules them all.

I use Superlube from Ace Hardware on o-rings. It has PTFE but goes on like vaseline from a tube. Easy to get and not very expensive. I wouldn't have any problem using it on anodized threads, but it might not conduct electricity, so I don't know if it would be good for bare threads. It seems like for threads you want something really thick and that anything soft like vaseline would just attract dirt.

From everyone's advice I think the tubes of silicone grease (Servisol/Superlube) are the way to go.

Although the spray can dry lube works very well, it looks like I'm going to have to reapply it quite often as it doesn't seem to last too long.

Thanks,

Gary

A small tube of silicone grease does'nt cost that much.....if you live in the states let me know, because the next time i go to DebbiesRCWorld i'll pick up a couple of tubes since i need one anyway.

This 50g (2oz) tube of Servisol silicone grease was bought in the nineties. It cost less than a fiver... (About US$7 at the current exchange rate)

As you can see there is about half of it left and it gets used on just about everything that needs greasing.

I appreciate the offer Alfred but I'm in the UK.

I can get the grease Don has posted about fairly easily, though I'm starting to like the smell of the spray lube.

Cheers,

Gary

Just dont inhale too much man.......and when you make your Will up remember to have me in there for your lights...lol, just joking of course.

Lobbying to be put into people's Wills now are we Al? $)

Hey i learned it from you Pare.....but of course. lol

LOL Don't worry Al, you're in my Will already. Money mouth

Thank goodness.......Dont worry i will take care of them...lol.

you better or i will haunt the hell out of you which would probably make you happy since you are a ghost hunter. lol

Bring it on man......lol. Now lets stay on topic shall we.

Before I got regular silicone lube I used vaseline and it worked just fine at the time.