Electrical grease

[Cerebus]

I used to use contralube 770; great stuff. I mean it protected things that I really did not think it would, or could but I have connections that are over 10 years old still bright and shiny and showing the blueish contralube layer.

Did not melt like Vaseline in Summer temps.

Was discontinued because the constituent materials increased in price ASTRONOMICALLY years ago.

I still have more than one tube left fortunately and I use it very sparingly; enough to see me out.

Some have advocated corrosion x

Found online:

“CorrosionX

£9.95 – £599.95Price range: £9.95 through £599.95

KILLS RUST AND CORROSION WORLD’S GREATEST LUBRICANT, PENETRANT & ANTI-SEIZE SAFE ON ELECTRONICS CorrosionX is the most advanced and effective corrosion prevention compound, lubricant and penetrant in the world!”

IN THE WORLD? I would like to see proof!

Kills rust? Ambiguous… turns rust into an inert material? What does “kill” mean?

Phosphoric acid kills rust by turning it into phosphoric oxide; I use it on vintage car parts.

Marketing phar! Or lies?

I do use gold plated terminals when I can; no need to ‘kill’ rust because it is prevented.

I find these marketing phrases confusing, wrong (I won’t say libellous) and …

 

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I had a book about gaff rig that said tallow was really good...

 

[Cerebus]

I had a book about gaff rig that said tallow was really good...

For the mast and gaff, yes probably.

 

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I used to use sunflower oil for just about everything, but then I had a devil of a job getting my wheels off after leaving them for a year, and discovered it isn't good on threaded components long term

 

[Cerebus]

I used to use sunflower oil for just about everything, but then I had a devil of a job getting my wheels off after leaving them for a year, and discovered it isn't good on threaded components long term

Natural grease may attract rodents too?

 

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Natural grease may attract rodents too?

I have had rats nesting in the car, but I think that was more to do with the monsoonal rain at the time. A bit of John Cleese stylee action with a tree branch got rid of them, though it puzzled Taiwanese passers by who probably hadn't seen the original. They didn't seem to have done any damage but had introduced a surprising amount of chewed up newspaper, though they probably weren't in residence for very long, judging by the small quantity of ratshit.

I'd think tallow on gaffers might be more of an issue, ratwise.

Also tree frogs (draining the flooded sills discouraged them) and bivouac ants.

With the latter, parking in different places so they lost any patrols they had out and got into unpredictable geopolitical conflicts with less mobile nests probably meant they got tired of taking casualties and moved out.

Fortunately no Fire Ants. I think in that case you'd probably have to set fire to the car.

 

[Cerebus]

Just found two old tubes; one is in what appears to be an aluminium metal ‘toothpaste tube’. The contents have the ‘blue hue’ of contralube 770.

The second tube is made of white plastic.

I will place them in a safe place for continued use.

 

[petem]

Disclaimer - I'm the vendor (and a 26 year member of this forum).

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