[Tigers] Water Valve

[Larry Allbritton]

I have to replace the drinking water filters every six months and silicone grease the 'O' rings.
  I use a food grade silicone grease that is available in the water filter section of Home Depot.
   
  Larry
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:06:45 -0600
From: "Tigerman" <Tigerman67 at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Water Valve
To: "Karl Adey" <sunbeamkarl at hotmail.com>, "The LIST Post"
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For treating rubber and silicone parts in scuba equipment, we always
 used 
either a silicone spray or grease.

For the scuba stuff, you obviously needed food handler grade materials,
 
which was very pure.  I have noticed that many of the silicone sprays
 and 
stuff in the automotive section tend to be silicone + some other stuff.
 
Never sure if the 'other stuff' would affect the ability to use it to
 treat 
rubber.  I finally found a tube of silicone grease at Napa that I at
 least 
convinced myself was okay for rubber parts, maybe someone else can
 recommend 
a good silicone spray/grease that is safe for rubber.