Hi,
US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of 
stuff you find in old binoculars (to get the expensive feeling on cheaper 
models). This is a very sticky, brownish grease. Is there any affordable 
alternative or substitute?
Best regards,
Dirk

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:13:46 +0200, PG1D/PA-11Ø12 wrote:

> Hi,
> US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of 
> stuff you find in old binoculars (to get the expensive feeling on cheaper 
> models). This is a very sticky, brownish grease. Is there any affordable 
> alternative or substitute?
> Best regards,
> Dirk
There used to be one called Marfac (this was over 50 years ago) so Shell
might sell something similar now.

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wrote:
> Hi,
> US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of 
> stuff you find in old binoculars (to get the expensive feeling on cheaper 
> models). This is a very sticky, brownish grease. Is there any affordable 
> alternative or substitute?
> Best regards,
> Dirk 
> 
> 
Hi Dirk. Try googling for Kilopoise grease. Rocol used to supply this(20 
years ago) in tubes for locking the cores of variable inductors. I still 
have a tube in my workshop. They still make various similar products but 
may want to sell by the tanker load! If you are in the UK I could let 
you have a small amount.

Colin in Norfolk UK

"Colin Ager"  schreef in bericht 
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>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>> US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of 
>> stuff you find in old binoculars (to get the expensive feeling on cheaper 
>> models). This is a very sticky, brownish grease. Is there any affordable 
>> alternative or substitute?
>> Best regards,
>> Dirk
> Hi Dirk. Try googling for Kilopoise grease. Rocol used to supply this(20 
> years ago) in tubes for locking the cores of variable inductors. I still 
> have a tube in my workshop. They still make various similar products but 
> may want to sell by the tanker load! If you are in the UK I could let you 
> have a small amount.
>
> Colin in Norfolk UK

Thanks Neil and Colin,
Nowadays it could be called Multifak, by Texaco that also happened to 
produce Marfak according to lots of old leaflet offerings on Ebay ;-) I 
myself recall farmers smearing it on their plows to keep rust away ;-) Colin 
thanks for the offer, but there is a pond... I will have a look locally.
Best regards,
Dirk

On Aug 26, 2:59 pm, "PG1D/PA-11Ø12"  wrote:
> "Colin Ager"  schreef in berichtnews:ivSdnYEFwroCYi7VnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@pipex.net...
>
> >  wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of
> >> stuff you find in old binoculars (to get the expensive feeling on cheaper
> >> models). This is a very sticky, brownish grease. Is there any affordable
> >> alternative or substitute?
> >> Best regards,
> >> Dirk
> > Hi Dirk. Try googling for Kilopoise grease. Rocol used to supply this(20
> > years ago) in tubes for locking the cores of variable inductors. I still
> > have a tube in my workshop. They still make various similar products but
> > may want to sell by the tanker load! If you are in the UK I could let you
> > have a small amount.
>
> > Colin in Norfolk UK
>
> Thanks Neil and Colin,
> Nowadays it could be called Multifak, by Texaco that also happened to
> produce Marfak according to lots of old leaflet offerings on Ebay ;-) I
> myself recall farmers smearing it on their plows to keep rust away ;-) Colin
> thanks for the offer, but there is a pond... I will have a look locally.
> Best regards,
> Dirk

Maybe related, Ive been looking for some time for a thick, extra-
sticky grease to use in the rattly epicyclic gearbox on my Dore-
Westbury mill.  I've tried standard greases, but they centrifuge out
in a few seconds, and then deposit themselves all over the inside of
the belt cover. Yuk.  An acquaintance suggested something called
"coupling grease", but I can't find a source of the small quantity I
need.  Any ideas very welcome.

Mike

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:37:47 -0700 (PDT), mikecb1
 wrote:


>
>Maybe related, Ive been looking for some time for a thick, extra-
>sticky grease to use in the rattly epicyclic gearbox on my Dore-
>Westbury mill.  I've tried standard greases, but they centrifuge out
>in a few seconds, and then deposit themselves all over the inside of
>the belt cover. Yuk.  An acquaintance suggested something called
>"coupling grease", but I can't find a source of the small quantity I
>need.  Any ideas very welcome.
>
>Mike

Try Lucas Red n' Tacky grease.

http://www.lucasoil.co.uk/store_item.php?product=10005

Simply the stickiest grease I've ever come across, and you'd be well
advised to wear disposable latex gloves when you handle it, as it's a
bugger to get off your hands.

It doesn't fling off at all, just seems to stretch out sort of
fibrously under load, then snap back into the main mass.

Peter

On Aug 28, 4:09 pm, Peter Neill  wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:37:47 -0700 (PDT), mikecb1
>
>  wrote:
>
> >Maybe related, Ive been looking for some time for a thick, extra-
> >sticky grease to use in the rattly epicyclic gearbox on my Dore-
> >Westbury mill.  I've tried standard greases, but they centrifuge out
> >in a few seconds, and then deposit themselves all over the inside of
> >the belt cover. Yuk.  An acquaintance suggested something called
> >"coupling grease", but I can't find a source of the small quantity I
> >need.  Any ideas very welcome.
>
> >Mike
>
> Try Lucas Red n' Tacky grease.
>
> http://www.lucasoil.co.uk/store_item.php?product=10005
>
> Simply the stickiest grease I've ever come across, and you'd be well
> advised to wear disposable latex gloves when you handle it, as it's a
> bugger to get off your hands.
>
> It doesn't fling off at all, just seems to stretch out sort of
> fibrously under load, then snap back into the main mass.
>
> Peter

Thanks Peter.  Sounds like the right stuff.
Just need to find a retailer (at £6.50  vat, the postage cost is
higher than the product cost!)

Mike

In article ,  
 Colin Ager   in uk.rec.models.engineering
wrote:

>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>> US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of 
>> stuff you find in old binoculars (to get the expensive feeling on cheaper 
>> models). This is a very sticky, brownish grease. Is there any affordable 
>> alternative or substitute?
>> Best regards,
>> Dirk 
>> 
>> 
>Hi Dirk. Try googling for Kilopoise grease. Rocol used to supply this(20 
>years ago) in tubes for locking the cores of variable inductors. I still 
>have a tube in my workshop. They still make various similar products but 
>may want to sell by the tanker load! If you are in the UK I could let 
>you have a small amount.
>

Perhaps they've joined the 21st century and updated to mks units, so
try hectoPascalsecond if you can't find kilopoise.

My inductor cores got a drop of wax from the soldering iron applied to
a wax paper capacitor body: they stayed put.


Regards,

David P.

"David Powell"  schreef in bericht 
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> In article ,
> Colin Ager   in uk.rec.models.engineering
> wrote:
>
>>  wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of
>>> stuff you find in old binoculars (to get the expensive feeling on 
>>> cheaper
>>> models). This is a very sticky, brownish grease. Is there any affordable
>>> alternative or substitute?
>>> Best regards,
>>> Dirk
>>>
>>>
>>Hi Dirk. Try googling for Kilopoise grease. Rocol used to supply this(20
>>years ago) in tubes for locking the cores of variable inductors. I still
>>have a tube in my workshop. They still make various similar products but
>>may want to sell by the tanker load! If you are in the UK I could let
>>you have a small amount.
>>
>
> Perhaps they've joined the 21st century and updated to mks units, so
> try hectoPascalsecond if you can't find kilopoise.
>
> My inductor cores got a drop of wax from the soldering iron applied to
> a wax paper capacitor body: they stayed put.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> David P.

LOL. HAM-grease, good idea ;-)
Dirk

"PG1D/PA-11Ø12"  wrote in message 
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> Hi,
> US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of 
> stuff you find in old binoculars (to get the expensive feeling on cheaper 
> models). This is a very sticky, brownish grease. Is there any affordable 
> alternative or substitute?
> Best regards,
> Dirk
>

There is an old recipe for this, which involved dissolving pure rubber in 
melted Vaseline.

Steve R.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:09:09 +0100, Peter Neill
 wrote:

>Try Lucas Red n' Tacky grease.
>
>http://www.lucasoil.co.uk/store_item.php?product=10005
>
>Simply the stickiest grease I've ever come across, and you'd be well
>advised to wear disposable latex gloves when you handle it, as it's a
>bugger to get off your hands.

On a vaguely related note, I once had a motorbike whose steering
became so slow in cold weather that on one particularly chilly night
ride it actually went into a gentle weave whenever the speed dropped
below about 40-ish mph. When I subsequently took the head bearings
apart, they were coated in something that matched your description. It
had a distinct smell, IIRC[1]. Perhaps that was what it was.

[1] It simply smelled of grease, but very much so, if you see what I
mean.

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