i use a little smear of petroleum jelly i use it on all of my lights have done for years with no problems
although some will say its not the best thing to use its worked fine for me cheap easy to get
it dose dry up a bit on lights that get hot i just wipe clean with a cloth and reapply as required every few months or so
cooking oil will go sticky i have tryed it and it is not easy to clean off
Barrie
A yes, Vasoline type stuff would be good too.
I've put Copaslip on all of mine..
Doesn't that get awful messy? Or maybe I always use far too much of it.
no i just applied a very small amount with a cotton wall bud I used that to work it in to the thread then reapplied screw cap opened and closed a few times and the wiped off excess. finally cleaned the rest of the light with IMS
I use RC grade silicon grease......works well.
I use 90% pure silicone grease from Ace Hardware. Used sparingly, it works very well.
Thanks for your tips!
I guess the consensus for o-rings and lube is silicone.....i know they make better stuff but for me its more like use what you have, and if it works then keep on using it right.
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.
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.