From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mon Apr 12 14:10:19 1999 Return-Path: Received: from sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil (sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.84.38]) by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1-mod) with SMTP id OAA16364 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 14:10:19 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:38:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicholas Bodley To: WaVeReBeL@webtv.net Cc: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: Lubricant In-Reply-To: <10861-36FC90D4-6028@mailtod-121.bryant.webtv.net> Message-Id: On Sat, 27 Mar 1999 WaVeReBeL@webtv.net wrote: }Many people have suggested different lubricants on their web pages. }Many have referred to silicon. Where can I get this? What other ones }are good? Where can I find them? White powder, used like graphite, sometimes for locks? Possibly Tri-Flow (tm), which (iirc) is a Teflon (tm) particle suspension. I experimented with quite a variety of lubricants, found a good one, and then one of the periodic disruptions of my life came along and I failed to note which it was! :( "Teflon" is a Du Pont trade name for PTFE, polytetrafluoroethylene. Btw, in case you do a Web search, watch "silicon" vs. "silicone". The chemist who coined the term "silicone" was wildly optimistic about people's ability to keep the two straight. Silicon, the chemical element, is gray, opaque to visible light, brittle like glass, and a lousy lubricant. You don't normally see it, nor can you normally buy it. Silicones are chemical compounds that include the chemical element, silicon. |* Nicholas Bodley *|* Autodidact & Polymath * Electronic Tech. (ret.) |* Waltham, Mass. *|* ----------------------------------------------- |* nbodley@tiac.net *|* Silicon oil and grease do not exist. |* Amateur musician *|* IC chips made of silicone do not exist. --------------------------------------------------------------------------