what substance should i use to protect the silicon o rings

rojo-toro · Oct 9, 2009

Hi

I have a diving flashlight with silicon o rings.
I know I should use some substance when I screw the tail cap to protect the o ring.

What should I use?

Thank you

rojo-toro · Oct 10, 2009

ok
i bought pure silicon graes.

60g 10$

R@ndom · Oct 10, 2009

rojo-toro said:
Hi

I have a diving flashlight with silicon o rings.
I know I should use some substance when I screw the tail cap to protect the o ring.

What should I use?

Thank you

Not sillicon grease unless you are sure of the formulation. Some members reports swelling when sillicon rease is applied to sillicon orings.

Try Krytox.

burntoshine · Oct 10, 2009

click here. i just got mine.

i asked the same question; read post #27

rojo-toro · Oct 10, 2009

burntoshine

you wrote:
i'm looking for straight krytox grease that is safe for the red silicone o-rings. i do NOT want krytox 50/50 or any other blend; just the straight grease.

what doyou meen not 50/50?
did you get the GPL226?

thank you

burntoshine · Oct 11, 2009

yeah, i got GPL226.

there's this stuff called krytox 50/50. it's krytox grease blended with oil.

sparkysko · Oct 11, 2009

After having a talk of the proper care and feeding of marital aids at the nearby store, I would have to say that you don't want to put silicon lubricants on silicon stuff.

rojo-toro · Oct 11, 2009

sparkysko

what do you mean?

feel free to share.

Tekno_Cowboy · Oct 11, 2009

Krytox should work well for you. I use it on the Silicone o-rings of my McLuxIII-PD with no adverse affects. (for a specific example)

Check out this thread for more lube information.

sparkysko · Oct 11, 2009

rojo-toro said:
sparkysko

what do you mean?

feel free to share.

Well, alot of marital aids are made of silicon, and alot of personal lubricants are also silicon, and it just dissolves things. Even the manufacturers of said devises recommend not to use silicon lube with silicon.

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