Chemical Components Of Silicone Grease

[wallylynn]

All of this whole thread for something that costs a whole $2 from Anderson pens?

 

Really?

 

You're kidding me, right?

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

How do we know what we're getting from there?

(and, for me, it's $2 plus shipping)

[hedgehogmeister]

How do we know what we're getting from there?

(and, for me, it's $2 plus shipping)

A mass spectrometer?

[OcalaFlGuy]

How do we know what we're getting from there?

(and, for me, it's $2 plus shipping)

Both of the Anderson's "credentials" in pendom are impeccable. The are both Estie experts and have one of the largest collections of Esties around. I'm sure they both have forgotten more about Esties than I'll ever know and I know a little here and there. Brain I know restores Esties and I believe Lisa does too. Lisa is an officer in the PCA. Brian is the Moderator of the Estie forum, has written a book on Esties and owns Esterbrook.net.

 

They simply Would Not sell The Wrong product. Period.

 

They sell all the more usual common repair items for several popular types of pens. If you need silicone grease from them, I'm sure there's more they have that you need too.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[FarmBoy]

A mass spectrometer?

Our last one was just over a megabuck. I will not allow you to put grease of any kind in it.

Edited June 18, 2014 by FarmBoy

[DavyJones]

All of this whole thread for something that costs a whole $2 from Anderson pens?

 

Really?

 

You're kidding me, right?

 

Why would I pay to ship something + wait time if I could pick up an acceptable product down the street? I was just trying to analyze what's readily available. Sheesh.

[GG917]

Brian is the Moderator of the Estie forum, has written a book on Esties and owns Esterbrook.net.

 

Do you have the title of the book or best, where I can find it? I wasn't aware that there is another one than the Paul Hoban's one (which I already have)

 

For silicone grease: I use the same one than I use on a daily basis in the lab (from Bayer). It dissolve totally in the base bath, so pure silicone grease. We use to have one containing a bit of hydrocarbon-based grease, which we discarded and that's the one which should not be used for pen (same reason as the rubber cement, solvents in it).

[ushref]

If helps, I´m using a grease from a german company named Kluber. The grease is Unisilkon L250L and is pure silicone grease plus PTFE (Teflon). You can find specs in Kluber´s website. I´m using this grease since more than a decade to lubricate my Pelikan piston fillers. Not a single problem up today with the piston seals or the celluloid, and once sparingly applied with the tip of a toothpick (every 4 years) the "feel" of a well lubricated piston last until the next "service".

[stilllo]

The easy way around this is to buy "food grade" silicone grease. Or stuff specifically marketed to be used by scuba divers on their diving kit. That's what I use.

[WirsPlm]

I think the people complaining about spending all this time (or whatever) on something that's sourceable from a pen seller are missing the point, the point is that for a lot of us this kind of investigation is fun (for me, the ability to tinker and and investigate is part of why I got into FPs in the first place), to me it's kind of like complaining about people spending all this money on pens when they could get a Bic, the point is that this is a hobby and we do it because it's fun not because it's necessary. It's great that there's a good source available for people who don't want to do research but just like some people like to resac pens, some people like to investigate chemical makeup of restoration tools (and without that, pen repair people wouldn't know what was safe to use in repairs...).

Edited July 7, 2014 by WirsPlm