> Dow Corning High Vacuum Silicone Grease is great, but it does pick up
>contaminants around the lab. We never used more than fourth of one of those
>little plastic jars before reaching for a new one from lab stock. The stuff
>was going to be thrown out, so we took it home. Cars and
Same here, they switched to Krytox vacuum grease, so I use the old Dow Corning
for the cars.
>I still have a bit left in two jars I got 20 years ago, one in my toolbox
>at home, and one in the boat. Great stuff. Wonder where I can buy some.
Check local laboratory supply houses. They sell it as stopcock grease and it
comes in different consistencies. I've also seen it come with Teflon added.
About $5 for 25 grams.
Mike G.
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