Lube ?

[SteveH]

All,
I am anally retentive. I clean up my camera after every outting. Up to this point, I am very careful to clean everything BUT the greased areas on my camera (Sinar F2). However, today it seems that the grease has collected enough gunk to warrant removing. Suggestions for replacement grease ?
The stuff currently on there doesn't look like anything special, just a light grease (not molly, etc).

Thanks !

 

[eumenius]

I think that a small amount of good non-separating fully synthetic grease will do - after the old one is removed with a cloth slightly moistened with lighter fluid. Why not using some molly, BTW? I am using a molybden grease made by Spinco for ultracentrifuges (Spinkote), and it works perfectly

Cheers, Zhenya

 

[Frank Petronio]

I am anal.

Come on, don't be gross

 

[SteveH]

Zhenya,
Thanks for the quick reply. The reason why I wish to shy away from molly (high pressure stuff anyway), is because I don't want my camera case smelling like a CV joint .

 

[eumenius]

Ewwww, my Spinkote grease probably costs a fortune - you see, it was designed to stay in place even on 100000 RPMs and in high vacuum... maybe that's why it doesn't smell at all Fortunately enough, a large stock of this grease came once with $300K centrifuge - for free, as a part of service kit

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

I usually use a little light lithium grease for such things.

 

[SteveH]

From Sinar:

Dear Steve

Thank you for contacting Sinar.

For the gears and guides, we are using the following special-lubricant: Losoid 6308-51D. The company where
we get it from is Losimol Hannover, Germany ( www.losimol.de ).

Kind regards / Mit einem freundlichen Gruss
--
Hans-Peter Ochsner
Customer Support Manager
Customer Care
Sinar AG, CH-8248 Feuerthalen
Phone: +41 52 647 07 55
tech@sinar.ch
http://www.sinarcameras.com

 

[Jim Noel]

Go to your local model railroad shop. They carry a wide variety of excellent light oils and greases. I only use a very light coat of moly grease on my Sinar. I use a heavier one on my flatbed tracks.

 

[SteveH]

An Update....

All,
The closest, easiest to find, type of lubricant that most closely matches the Sinar stuff is the grease used on Garage Doors. It has the same color, look, and viscosity; plus there's no odor. NOT the white lith grease that they recomend to use on the automatic door openers (although Im sure it would work, just leave white smudges everywhere), its the stuff used in the wheel tracks.

HTH,

 

[Claire Senft]

For those who are committed to being anally retentive I would recommend KY jelly.

 

[SteveH]

Thanks Ms. Senft....I knew the only thing this thread was missing was a woman's touch.

 

[vet173]

You might give a look at door ease.

 

[BrianShaw]

Thanks Ms. Senft....I knew the only thing this thread was missing was a woman's touch.

It still is.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

KY would tend to make one non-retentive.