Silicone Grease

Hello,
I went to my local hardware store looking for food grade silicone
grease, but the owner only had dielectric grease.
The packaging says tha it should be kept away from the eyes, children
and so on, and when you swallow it, better get you ID and start walking
towards the cementary. One of the sale people apparently worked in an
"aquarium store" and thinks that dielectric grease is very safe etc.
Does anyone have tried that, or does anybody know waht grease is safe
for the tank?

Thank you
Yuriy

"Croosh" wrote in message oups.com...
I went to my local hardware store looking for food grade silicone
grease, but the owner only had dielectric grease.
The packaging says tha it should be kept away from the eyes, children
and so on, and when you swallow it, better get you ID and start walking
towards the cementary. One of the sale people apparently worked in an
"aquarium store" and thinks that dielectric grease is very safe etc.
Does anyone have tried that, or does anybody know waht grease is safe
for the tank?

Maybe the stuff divers use for their equipment would be better ?

Pszemol wrote:

"Croosh" wrote in message
oups.com...

I went to my local hardware store looking for food grade silicone
grease, but the owner only had dielectric grease.
The packaging says tha it should be kept away from the eyes, children
and so on, and when you swallow it, better get you ID and start walking
towards the cementary. One of the sale people apparently worked in an
"aquarium store" and thinks that dielectric grease is very safe etc.
Does anyone have tried that, or does anybody know waht grease is safe
for the tank?


Maybe the stuff divers use for their equipment would be better ?
Do not use dielectric grease, it's usually got titanium dioxide in it as well as
probably lithium. I would look into the food service industry for the type of
lubricants used with commercial meat slicers. I'll see if I can find a vendor.
schnauzer

Croosh wrote:

Does anyone have tried that, or does anybody know waht grease is safe
for the tank?

There's a white grease that's used to lubricate plumbing fixtures. It's sold in
plastic tins about 2" in diameter and 1/2" thick. It's safe enough to use on
things people drink from. Lowes sells it, if there's one in your area. The stuff
I use is "Plumber's Silicone Grease." It's made by Radiator Specialty Co.,
Charlotte, NC.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Paul Schnettler wrote:


Maybe the stuff divers use for their equipment would be better ?
Do not use dielectric grease, it's usually got titanium dioxide in it as well as
probably lithium. I would look into the food service industry for the type of
lubricants used with commercial meat slicers. I'll see if I can find a vendor.
schnauzer

Not sure if this would work in the application at hand, but back in the
day when I worked for both a Wendy's and a McDonalds, the lubricant
used for ice cream and shake machines were large bulk tubes of KY
Jelly....

Ben

My favorite is Dow Corning product number 111.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Croosh wrote on 4/18/2006 1:10 AM:
Hello,
I went to my local hardware store looking for food grade silicone
grease, but the owner only had dielectric grease.
The packaging says tha it should be kept away from the eyes, children
and so on, and when you swallow it, better get you ID and start walking
towards the cementary. One of the sale people apparently worked in an
"aquarium store" and thinks that dielectric grease is very safe etc.
Does anyone have tried that, or does anybody know waht grease is safe
for the tank?

Thank you
Yuriy

George Patterson wrote:
Croosh wrote:

Does anyone have tried that, or does anybody know waht grease is safe
for the tank?

There's a white grease that's used to lubricate plumbing fixtures. It's
sold in plastic tins about 2" in diameter and 1/2" thick. It's safe
enough to use on things people drink from. Lowes sells it, if there's
one in your area. The stuff I use is "Plumber's Silicone Grease." It's
made by Radiator Specialty Co., Charlotte, NC.

Any decent hardware store will stock it, probably along with faucet,
spigot and mixer valve repair kits. What do you want to grease in your
tank?

-K

"Kelsey Cummings" wrote in message ...
What do you want to grease in your tank?

Probably some rubber/silicone gaskets in his water pumps.

Kelsey,
I bought two used sea swirls, but they are pretty beat up.
I had to order a motor and the shaft needs to be lubricated.

Thank you
Yuriy

My instruction sheet on my CSS skimmers says to simnply use a light
coat of petrolatum (Vasel;ine) to coat Oring, and my papers on my
other pump (Sequence) says the same thing to use a light coat of
petrolatum to coat all orings such as is found on strainer
baskets......

I have a large tube of Krytox grease.......but finding it locally may
be a bit hard not to say EXPENSIVE..........I got mine at a DROM sale
dirt cheap, as it was past its shelf life. Now that may make a
difference for what that grease is intended for, but for a louosy fish
tank and associated equipment its certaily better than anything your
gonna find locally or even order on line to buy and use. Its main use
is in liquid oxygen systems, under high pressure............I feel
confortable with using it.....as its been just fine for a long while
now.............

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:17:22 -0500, "Pszemol"
wrote:
"Kelsey Cummings" wrote in message ...
What do you want to grease in your tank?

Probably some rubber/silicone gaskets in his water pumps.

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