Silicone Grease for threads?

[mcnair55]

As a newbie user,is it ok for me to lubricate the threads on my meagre collection of lights with a high quality silicone grease which I sell to garage workshops for electrical connection work etc.

My catalogue states:-
Suitable for all electrical plugs, terminals, switches, door locks, aerials and
mechanisms for seats, sunroofs and windows. Also ideal for lubricating switches.

• Extremely good water and moisture
displacing properties.
• Provides a lubricating film on
all surfaces.
• Temperature resistant from
-40°C to 300°C.
• Colour: transparent upon application
After solvents evaporate a
translucent film is left.

 

[Yucca Patrol]

Sounds good to me. I use a silicone grease that seals the gaskets of underwater camera housings and never had a problem.

 

[MerkurMan]

I think that anything is better than nothing, and I've had good results with silicone grease in the past. In fact, Eagletac ships a little tub of silicone grease with many of their lights.

I'd be cautious about anything solvent-based getting on the o-rings, however. I don't know how the rubber would react to that.

If you're really unsure, I've had really good results with white lithium grease. It's pretty cheap, can get it at any hardware or auto-parts store, and you can usually find it in small tubes, which should last you a very long time. :thumbsup:

 

[bansuri]

Here's a good thread regarding grease in the General section.
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=242414

 

[Dances with Flashlight]

By all means check out Tekno-Cowboy's Sticky - you'll find plenty of good answers there.

I also use silicone grease and have been pleased so far, but as MerkurMan notes be careful about any such grease with solvents. One other point is that dielectric silicone grease is non-conductive and blocks current so too much of it may cause flickering or a complete failure to fire.

 

[BVH]

The silicone greases I have are fairly thick and cause quite a bit of drag as compared with the Nyogel stuff. This is probably not an issue for threads used to screw and keep a light together but I would think it would not be pleasing on a light you screw together or apart constantly to activate it.

 

[DM51]

Please take a few minutes to look around before posting a new thread. If you had done so, you would have seen this:

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