silicone grease

[dickturpin]

anyone use silicone grease......now there's an invitation to post random uses.....and if so, what for?

[wezdavo]

Yes, on o-rings for my air rifles....

[Grahamm]

Silicone grease? No.

I do sell Silicone Lube, however... 

[Kosmic Kartman]

Visor seals on my crash helmets and window seals on my car.

[dickturpin]

I was watching a youtube vid recently and someone used it on caliper slider pins. I have some cera-tec ceramic grease for that
but wondered if silicone grease would be better?

[Chris]

My dad and I have used it for a long time to protect electrical connections/fuse boxes etc. Pretty simple, break open the connector, stick in some silicon grease, clip it all back together, has preserved a lot of connectors that would have rotted. Maybe not so much a problem for you guys but in Shetland there is so much salt in the air that everything rusts if it isn't protected.
 
Chris

[ade the blade]

used it on slider pins etc for years.....very kind on rubber !! most normal greases are petroleum-based which `dissolve` rubber over time. hth

[Slaninar]

Seals of torch-lights. It's gentle on the rubber and doesn't ruin electrical contacts.

[Ebme Geek]

contact seals, o-rings, dynamic seals, electrical connectors, ....  brain goes blank, but all over the place
 
very good smeared inside the ends of coolant hoses, helps seal them, slows down inevertable corrosion and helps getting pipe off next time
 
Excellent stuff      

[Raymy]

Silicone grease? No.

I do sell Silicone Lube, however... 

Good stuff, if a little resistive.  It stays tho, cos the water based ones mean constant re-application. I hear grapeseed oil is good tho

[gs_intruder]

Silicon grease is incredible stuff - buy the best quality stuff in bulk, like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310395680423?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648

and also buy a couple of large veterinarian syringes like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151015592667?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:VRI&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2661

Take out the plunger and you can pack the grease into the syringe quite easily, and the plunger will squeeze it through very effectively.
The proper quality stuff (not the waterbased 'personal' products  ) is completely resistant to diesel, petrol, water, salt water, oil of any sort, detergents, soaps, etc. and will protect electrical connections for decades with one application. It is also entirely safe with rubber, plastic, metal (steel, alloys, etc.) and is unaffected by heat, cold, humidity, etc.

Two warnings:
1. Don't get any on your clothes because NOTHING will wash it out, and don't get it on the seat or grips etc. of your bike because they will stay slippery for a very long time.
2. Don't use it on battery terminals, because battery terminal corrosion isn't neutralised by it at all - better to use a petroleum based grease for that (like Vaseline).

If it does get anywhere you don't want it then you will need to rub it off with dry rags, making sure not to get it anywhere else...

I wouldn't be without it in the garage - use it on bikes, outside door locks (pack the inside of the lock and it will never rust or stick again), cars, generators, lawnmowers, the rubber rings on watch casings, waterproof camera casings, etc.

[evesdad]

Use it all the time in work, mostly on "o"rings. Some things just won't slip in without it

[Chris]

Thanks gs_intruder, like I said, my dad and I use it all the time    
 
Welcome to the forum too! get up an introduction thread, you can use the pics from mine if you want 
 
http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,6136.0.html

 
Chris