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Anti-sieze options
taysidedragon:
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--- Quote from: Laverdaroo on July 30, 2022, 04:19:15 PM ---Always referred to as 'Ginger grease' where I'm from. ;D
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Just keep in mind that Copper Slip, Anti Seize as well as Molycote Gn+ are "living entities"...
Drop a small crumb somewhere on the shop floor, walk to the opposite corner, sit down and wait...
Aprox 20 minutes later you'll find it on your elbow, another 15 minutes and some portion residents on your forehead, within an hour or so all your tools will be heavily contaminated...
;D
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Very true, I think it is searching for the 10mm sockets!
bruxby-clive:
I have found Corrosion Block grease to work really well on most areas, although I revert to copper slip where high temperatures are present. Here is a link to the makers web site they also produce ACF 50. http://www.acf-50.co.uk/corrosion_block.htm
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
My understanding is that if you have a stud made of a Steel that is predominantly made of iron (Fe) you get a battery effect due to Fe being a dissimilar metal to Aluminium (Al). This process is known as Galvanic corrosion. Putting a Copper (Cu) based grease between the Al & Fe metals acts a sacrificial process where the Cu gives up it's free electrons to the Two metals stopping them from seizing due to corrosion.
I'm sure most here might be fully aware of this but worth explaining in an over symplystic way.
This reason you get the White crust on battery terminals is the same process.
At a nano level this also explains weld corrosion over time if the welding rod is not the same chemical structure as the metals being joined together.
ST1100:
--- Quote from: bruxby-clive on July 31, 2022, 11:21:44 AM ---I have found Corrosion Block grease to work really well on most areas, although I revert to copper slip where high temperatures are present. Here is a link to the makers web site they also produce ACF 50. http://www.acf-50.co.uk/corrosion_block.htm
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Never saw their grease though... is it an actual lubricant too? (like for brake pedal and shifter linkage pivots)
For many years I'm using their spray on any electrical connector (and as cavity protection) for the reasons pointed out by McCabe-Thiele...
Copper Slip for anything on the exhaust line and the backside (& the stainless clips) of brake-pads...
Recently someone suggested AntiSeize as lubricant for clutch & brake lever pivots (+ the brass parts in there), but I don't want that mess all over my motorcycle, gloves, gear, hair, face, helmet, etc... so I'd stick to the annual waterproof marine grease application...
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I know what you mean about the mess in some applications. I have started to use Silicone spray as a cleaner alternative where appropriate.
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