No, silicone grease is grease rather than oil. WD40 is best left in the shop.
Hi every one quick question.looking on the daystate site
Recommended using silicon grease on o rings when reassembling.are they talking about wd40?
Any thoughts
Cheers
No, silicone grease is grease rather than oil. WD40 is best left in the shop.
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The original formula WD40 contains no silicone .
WHAT DOES WD-40® MULTI-USE PRODUCT CONTAIN?
While the ingredients in WD-40® Multi-Use Product are secret, we can tell you what it does NOT contain. WD-40® Multi-Use Product does not contain silicone, kerosene, water, graphite, or chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
https://www.wd40.com/faqs
They do a silicone grease though https://www.wd40specialist.com/produ...one-lubricant/
Hi guys thanks for that,Just remembered I have some SG1
Grease I bought from Uttings a while back.I thought I read somewhere that WD40 was silicon based.now to strip down the huntsman to replace o rings any tips would be appreciated
Cheers
There is more than one type of silicone oil/grease, have a look at this link
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/TheD...62.html#p44389
Just dont use it on metal to metal and if you do use it on plastic to metal make you use the right airgun oil and read the instructions
HSE requires all chemicals likely to be used by workers nto have a COSHH risk assessment and they have to declare contents.
They are white spirit 50% with mineral oil 15%, corrosion inhibitor 10%, wetting agent and perfume. 25% butane propellant
see https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...pZPXEja-Cid8Ff
Last edited by TenMetrePeter; 18-05-2018 at 09:57 PM.
Hi have a look at AQUA GEL silicone grease. Doesn't cause any problems with metal to metal contact. Seems to work very well. (for me).
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Geoff.
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Silicon is not classed as a metal, it is a metalloid, it does not conduct electricity in all circumstances, it's a semiconductor and that's what makes it useful.
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Most O rings are nitrile and resist mineral oils and grease. Use whatever suits the assembly, eg moly grease for moving parts like pistons and loading bolts, silicone for static seals like gauges.
Well probably yes but......"metalloid" is something of an oddball term since there is no agreed common set of characteristics which qualifies a metalloid and therefore the term is not useful in classification. Knowing that x is considered by some to be a metalloid is useless in determining what characteristics it actually has, and there is not even complete agreement on which elements are metalloids. Best interpretation is "similar in some respects to a metal". Not at all a useful classification.
And in continued pedant mode - Silicon is useful not only because it is a semiconductor. It is a component of Silicone and its semiconductivity is irrelevant in this context.
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