Rabbie
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PTFE Spray has been mentioned on this forum before. I have been unable to trace any retailer of this product. Can anyone help me? Thanks.
PTFE Spray
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coliholic
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Well this may or may not help, but I managed to buy a tin in a Chandlers back in the summer. Good news eh?
Ah but, the thing is the chandler's are in Nieuwpoort, Belgium. So not good news.
The tin's on the boat and I'll have a look at the weekend for the manufacturer and will post name and address here.
Sort of helps a bit eh? In that you know the info's coming. A bit like Christmas.
Ah but, the thing is the chandler's are in Nieuwpoort, Belgium. So not good news.
The tin's on the boat and I'll have a look at the weekend for the manufacturer and will post name and address here.
Sort of helps a bit eh? In that you know the info's coming. A bit like Christmas.
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ToMo
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Try a LARGE plumbers merchants...this product is commonly used by plumbers and pipe fitters sometimes also in tape form.
philip_stevens
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Radio Spares sell it.
Sapphire Precision Lube, 500ml Aerosol, RS 342-8451, £10.50 +VAT.
High performance universal maintenance lubricant containing PTFE
Designed for the general lubrication of moving parts such as slides and chains
Provides excellent penetration for the release of corroded parts
Provides excellent corrosion protection
High load carrying properties
Wide temperature range -20°C to +250°C
regards,
Philip
Sapphire Precision Lube, 500ml Aerosol, RS 342-8451, £10.50 +VAT.
High performance universal maintenance lubricant containing PTFE
Designed for the general lubrication of moving parts such as slides and chains
Provides excellent penetration for the release of corroded parts
Provides excellent corrosion protection
High load carrying properties
Wide temperature range -20°C to +250°C
regards,
Philip
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Maplin Electronics www.maplin.co.uk
Page 849 of current catalogue. Code RE82D. Described as Mechanical Oil (High Grade PTFE lubricant) £4.99
Page 849 of current catalogue. Code RE82D. Described as Mechanical Oil (High Grade PTFE lubricant) £4.99
ChrisJ
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Is this the same as the Holt lubrication spray, or the McLube product as recommended by Harken??
If so, try the chandlery section at www.ldcRacingSailboats.co.uk
If so, try the chandlery section at www.ldcRacingSailboats.co.uk
claymore
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Interesting Concept
Thats an interesting concept - a PTFE spray in tape form
Thats an interesting concept - a PTFE spray in tape form
bedouin
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Even Screwfix (that well known mail-order chandlers 
) sell it.
) sell it.
ToMo
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Re: Interesting Concept
I'm already mad with you cos you got a motorsailer and I aint!....don't make it worse or I'll have some of the guys from MBC give you a verbal duffing up <G>
TôMö
I'm already mad with you cos you got a motorsailer and I aint!....don't make it worse or I'll have some of the guys from MBC give you a verbal duffing up <G>
TôMö
claymore
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Re: Interesting Concept
A thousand pardons and a picture of my sister, anything but an mbc verbal- as my old Dad used to say - 'no-one likes a smart-arse, son'
regards
John S
A thousand pardons and a picture of my sister, anything but an mbc verbal- as my old Dad used to say - 'no-one likes a smart-arse, son'
regards
John S
PeteMcK
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Slick 50
Do a "dry lubricant" aerosol which is PTFE carried in a very light oil which flashes off leaving a white PTFE film. There are quite a few penetrating oils around which boast that they "contain PTFE" but they're just as messy as WD40.
Do a "dry lubricant" aerosol which is PTFE carried in a very light oil which flashes off leaving a white PTFE film. There are quite a few penetrating oils around which boast that they "contain PTFE" but they're just as messy as WD40.
Rabbie
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Thanks to all for suggestions. Just proves the value of this forum.
steffen
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Somewhere in my mind i seem to have this (maybe incorrect) idea that PFTE spray is the same as teflon spray. Thats obtainable everywhere is it not?
Happy sailings
Happy sailings
ArthurWood
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Steffen - your mind is correct: PTFE= polytetrafluoroethylene or Trade Name = Teflon
steffen
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Rabbie,
There's your answer; PFTE spray is widely available in DIY shops as Teflon spray for general lubrication.
I use the stuff for all sorts of lub jobs including hoisting a rag soaked with the spray through the sail groove in the mast to keep the runners running.
Happy sailings
There's your answer; PFTE spray is widely available in DIY shops as Teflon spray for general lubrication.
I use the stuff for all sorts of lub jobs including hoisting a rag soaked with the spray through the sail groove in the mast to keep the runners running.
Happy sailings
Rabbie
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Many thanks Steffen. That is exactly what I want it for - sticking luff-slides!. Also curtain tracks.