pucho812
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Any recommendations for fader lube? I been using trombone slide oil for the mechanicals but looking for options.
Best fader lube?
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gar381
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Colin at AML sells a wonderful P&G fader Lub
pucho812
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Can you show me the link. I searched the site and couldn’t find it.
gar381
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pucho... I can't find it in his store at the moment either.
Shoot Colin an email. or PM Slenderchap.
I have bought Lub from him several times both for work and home.
Gary
Shoot Colin an email. or PM Slenderchap.
I have bought Lub from him several times both for work and home.
Gary
Brian Roth
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From the attached P&G service bulletin:
VERY LIGHT WEIGHT SILICON OIL (eg DOW CORNING DC510/50CS)
Bri
/edit: Dale Manquen was the USA distributor for P&G before he passed away. He sold small bottles of that lube. His son had continued the company but I can't seem to get his website to respond today. Manquen.net
VERY LIGHT WEIGHT SILICON OIL (eg DOW CORNING DC510/50CS)
Bri
/edit: Dale Manquen was the USA distributor for P&G before he passed away. He sold small bottles of that lube. His son had continued the company but I can't seem to get his website to respond today. Manquen.net
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Caig Fader Lube in the little plastic squeeze tube seems to work well, but I'm definitely not an expert on the matter. The only other thing I've ever used for comparison was Radio Shack contact cleaner plus mineral oil lubricant, which is not so great...
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That little P&G bottle was the way to go. Now I get it on amazon, Super Lube 56104 Silicone Oil 100cst. $4 per oz not like the old school $25 bottle.
It is food grade, so it gets used in the Ninja and Oster blades as well as all fader mechanicals. I say mechanicals because I do NOT use it on the tracks, P&G or carbon in others. Tracks requires a different product for each, a spray lithium(the RS? spray that SSL spec'ed for Ultimation faders, I have to check back at the shop) for P&G and usually nothing on carbon, may-maybe the Caig F5 if it is so scratchy but I am a minimal anything user with faders. Gentle air-blowout, distilled water/twill on the plastic track, alcohol on the guide and brush, tiny oil on mechanicals, let 'em make music.
If the trombone oil is non-petroleum then it should be OK, especially if it is silicone. My rotary valve oil is petro so it goes nowhere near any electronics, especially studio.
And nothing beats a solid vac program with a long-bristle brush attachment to minimize the need to clean faders again, outboard switches, etc. It's the right thing to do.
Mike
It is food grade, so it gets used in the Ninja and Oster blades as well as all fader mechanicals. I say mechanicals because I do NOT use it on the tracks, P&G or carbon in others. Tracks requires a different product for each, a spray lithium(the RS? spray that SSL spec'ed for Ultimation faders, I have to check back at the shop) for P&G and usually nothing on carbon, may-maybe the Caig F5 if it is so scratchy but I am a minimal anything user with faders. Gentle air-blowout, distilled water/twill on the plastic track, alcohol on the guide and brush, tiny oil on mechanicals, let 'em make music.
If the trombone oil is non-petroleum then it should be OK, especially if it is silicone. My rotary valve oil is petro so it goes nowhere near any electronics, especially studio.
And nothing beats a solid vac program with a long-bristle brush attachment to minimize the need to clean faders again, outboard switches, etc. It's the right thing to do.
Mike
