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Model Forum / General / Models / August 2008dampening grease
Hi, US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of stuff you find in old binoculars (to get the expensive feeling on cheaper models). This is a very sticky, brownish grease. Is there any affordable alternative or substitute? Best regards, Dirk > Hi, > US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Best regards, > Dirk There used to be one called Marfac (this was over 50 years ago) so Shell might sell something similar now.  SignatureNeil reverse ra and delete l Linux user 335851 wrote: > Hi, > US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Best regards, > Dirk Hi Dirk. Try googling for Kilopoise grease. Rocol used to supply this(20 years ago) in tubes for locking the cores of variable inductors. I still have a tube in my workshop. They still make various similar products but may want to sell by the tanker load! If you are in the UK I could let you have a small amount. Colin in Norfolk UK > wrote: >> Hi, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Colin in Norfolk UK Thanks Neil and Colin, Nowadays it could be called Multifak, by Texaco that also happened to produce Marfak according to lots of old leaflet offerings on Ebay ;-) I myself recall farmers smearing it on their plows to keep rust away ;-) Colin thanks for the offer, but there is a pond... I will have a look locally. Best regards, Dirk > > wrote: > >> Hi, [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Best regards, > Dirk Maybe related, Ive been looking for some time for a thick, extra- sticky grease to use in the rattly epicyclic gearbox on my Dore- Westbury mill. I've tried standard greases, but they centrifuge out in a few seconds, and then deposit themselves all over the inside of the belt cover. Yuk. An acquaintance suggested something called "coupling grease", but I can't find a source of the small quantity I need. Any ideas very welcome. Mike >Maybe related, Ive been looking for some time for a thick, extra- >sticky grease to use in the rattly epicyclic gearbox on my Dore- [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Mike Try Lucas Red n' Tacky grease. http://www.lucasoil.co.uk/store_item.php?product=10005 Simply the stickiest grease I've ever come across, and you'd be well advised to wear disposable latex gloves when you handle it, as it's a bugger to get off your hands. It doesn't fling off at all, just seems to stretch out sort of fibrously under load, then snap back into the main mass. Peter > On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:37:47 -0700 (PDT), mikecb1 > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Peter Thanks Peter. Sounds like the right stuff. Just need to find a retailer (at £6.50 + vat, the postage cost is higher than the product cost!) Mike >Try Lucas Red n' Tacky grease. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >advised to wear disposable latex gloves when you handle it, as it's a >bugger to get off your hands. On a vaguely related note, I once had a motorbike whose steering became so slow in cold weather that on one particularly chilly night ride it actually went into a gentle weave whenever the speed dropped below about 40-ish mph. When I subsequently took the head bearings apart, they were coated in something that matched your description. It had a distinct smell, IIRC[1]. Perhaps that was what it was. [1] It simply smelled of grease, but very much so, if you see what I mean. Signature-Pip In article <ivSdnYEFwroCYi7VnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@pipex.net>, Colin Ager <colin@agernetdelete.org.uk> in uk.rec.models.engineering wrote: > wrote: >> Hi, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >may want to sell by the tanker load! If you are in the UK I could let >you have a small amount. Perhaps they've joined the 21st century and updated to mks units, so try hectoPascalsecond if you can't find kilopoise. My inductor cores got a drop of wax from the soldering iron applied to a wax paper capacitor body: they stayed put. Regards, David P. > In article <ivSdnYEFwroCYi7VnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@pipex.net>, > Colin Ager <colin@agernetdelete.org.uk> in uk.rec.models.engineering [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > David P. LOL. HAM-grease, good idea ;-) Dirk > Hi, > US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Best regards, > Dirk There is an old recipe for this, which involved dissolving pure rubber in melted Vaseline. Steve R. |
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