Blakes seacock grease - a change in formulation ?

[Malish]

My trusty pot of Blakes seacock grease (dating from the 2000's) is almost finished so I purchased a new one, larger in size but seemingly a different product inside, going from a milky green to a clear green... When did that happen (and why)? Can't see it presenting an issue but wondered what the back story is.

 

[Rappey]

Thread 'Blakes Seacock Grease is re-badged Emerald Grease - Is this right?'

26 Feb 2012

Hi Everyone,

I'm hoping the panel can help me with this.

Today I went to buy some Blakes Seacock Grease from a chandler. I handed the money over and went away not thinking anything more. I was enjoying the obligatory pre-work coffee sorting out everything I needed to do for the day when I noticed the label on the Blakes Seacock Grease.

I looked closer and I noticed another label under the Blakes Label....

What does that say? Emerald Grease...

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[LittleSister]

I am surprised to learn that tubs of Blakes Seacock Grease ever run out.

I had assumed that, like most boaty potions and lotions, sales only continue because gremlins like to hide unfinished pots/tubs/tubes is lockers, bilges, sheds, boxes, etc., only to emerge when you have bought another and/or no longer need them again anyway.

I have a range of 'specialist' waterproof greases from various patent equipment manufacturers, but typically end up having to use the 'wrong' one, notionally for a different bit of kit, because the particular 'right' one hides until just after I've finished the task in hand. If it helps, I can confirm that outrageously expensive feathering propellor grease seems to work OK in Blakes seacocks. It's not bad for dinghy trolley wheels, either.

If someone needs to service a Blakes seacock, I'd offer the loan/use of my half-full tub of Blakes Grease, and also the almost full medium grit grinding paste Blakes recommend for lapping the cones (small pots of which grade for some reason are more expensive to buy than the commonly available twin pots providing both fine and coarse grades), neither of which I could use up in my lifetime, but I can't offer them because I only ever find them when I'm looking for something completely different. By the time I or someone else needs them, the gremlins will have moved them somewhere else again.

 

[Malish]

I am surprised to learn that tubs of Blakes Seacock Grease ever run out.

I suspect the new, larger tub will become a hand-me down in 20 years

 

[NormanS]

I'm just amazed that there are people who buy different proprietary greases for all the separate uses on their boats. I use a general common water resistant grease for all required purposes.

 

[awol]

I'm just amazed that there are people who buy different proprietary greases for all the separate uses on their boats. I use a general common water resistant grease for all required purposes.

Maybe the same people who buy Volvo or Yanmar labelled engine oil and filers?

 

[NormanS]

Maybe the same people who buy Volvo or Yanmar labelled engine oil and filers?

Yes, Volvo and Yanmar, well known makers of engine oil and filters.

 

[vyv_cox]

I'm just amazed that there are people who buy different proprietary greases for all the separate uses on their boats. I use a general common water resistant grease for all required purposes.

I have owned the same tin of Castrol water pump grease for years and use it for everything. It has a calcium based soap, highly water resistant and is grade C, so thick that a knife will barely cut it.