by Hoot » Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:04 am
I might add that I put mine on with a little anti-seize grease on the threads for when I needed to take it off. Some folks don't think that one through and realize that some of the cleaning liquids that come out the end of the barrel wick back along the threads. Over repeated exposure and the drying in between, the threads can get terribly corroded and lock up. Copper removing solvents are infamous for that. I like silicon dialectric grease because it doesn't break down from heat like petrochemical greases and it's resistant to solvents. I make my own
special mix of lubricating grease from dialectric grease and .25 micron hexagonal boron nitride (HBN) powder for uses where a stiff grease is necessary. Both compounds are inert and provide a double whammy for lubrication. Second to that is dialectric grease and .5 micron tungsten di-sulfide (WS2) powder. Dow Corning Molycoat G-n Molybdenum di-sulfide (MOS) grease is also very good for lighter grease. There I go again...
Hoot
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