> On Apr 18, 2016, at 10:11 PM, Eric Korpela <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Chuck Guzis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I did some research among the antique fan collectors on the web. >> Here's what's been recommended, in no particular order: > > And if you're looking to preserve an extremely valuable museum piece and > need the ultimate in non-reactive oil or grease, a perfluorinated polyether > (PFPE) "oil" or one with PTFE nanoparticles is virtually guaranteed not to > react with anything you might find a computer. But it is very pricey. $25 > a gram for Brayco 815z "oil" and $28 a gram for Braycote 601EF or 602EF > (with MoS2). The solvent you need in order to remove them is $0.25 a > gram. But a gram of this stuff goes a long way. I'd go with 602EF for > fan bearings. > > But it does somewhat reduce the need to worry about what happens if the > "oil" gets hot or hits rubber or paper or plastic. It doesn't dry out, > evaporate, or gum up at normal temperatures, since it's teflon and > molysufide microbearings in liquid teflon. I wouldn't buy it to use for a > personal machine unless it was one of a kind, or someone at the lab was > throwing out a tube of out-of-date braycote. (Which hasn't been the case, > I don't have a personal stash).
I have been waiting this thread out to see what options people are using. I like to use a product called SuperLube that I get at the gun store. It's synthetic and I find it doesn't like to pickup dust like other types of lube. It works great on an AR-15, marine fish tank light fan bearing, and on disk drive rails. Basically all extreme environment uses involving carbon, dirt, dust and salt water. SuperLube is available in a tube and isn't very expensive like whale sperm, I mean oil. Cheers, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ
