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Title: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: Tristan R Clean on September 30, 2012, 08:51:13 pm: Does anyone know if you can use Blue Works Dry Lubricant on Gardiner poles?

Thanks Tris
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: Smudger on September 30, 2012, 09:05:30 pm: thats what i use

Darran
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on September 30, 2012, 09:13:47 pm: i think if its water based not oil based then any ptfe spray is okay!?
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: Tristan R Clean on September 30, 2012, 09:50:14 pm: Cant find any ingredient specification to indicate wether it is water or oil based.
Maybe Alex has the answer?
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on September 30, 2012, 11:21:58 pm: Quote from: Tristan R Clean on September 30, 2012, 09:50:14 pm
Cant find any ingredient specification to indicate wether it is water or oil based.
Maybe Alex has the answer?

i had the very same problem too! hence the reason i ended up just buying from gardiners
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: G Griffin on October 01, 2012, 12:22:16 am: Quote from: Tristan R Clean on September 30, 2012, 09:50:14 pm
Cant find any ingredient specification to indicate wether it is water or oil based.
Maybe Alex has the answer?

Yeah, what sort of lubricant do you recommend for your pole, Alex?
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: Mike #1 on October 01, 2012, 08:06:42 am: I use to the ptfe spray gardiners sold but the last batch was not very good ,

Previously it used to dry like a spray laquer the last lot did not and durabilty was not very good , So i bought some clear laquer from local car parts shop ,

Worked just as well and gives a good durable coating on my Elite pole . Mike
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: Alex Gardiner on October 01, 2012, 04:33:34 pm: Quote from: Tristan R Clean on September 30, 2012, 08:51:13 pm
Does anyone know if you can use Blue Works Dry Lubricant on Gardiner poles?

Thanks Tris

I cannot find the exact make-up of this product, but it does look like the right stuff.

As long as the product is a dry-film PTFE lubricant then it will be fine. If it is oil based in anyway then it should be avoided as this can penetrate and affect the structure of the carbon fibre. There are a lot of oil-based PTFE enriched lubricants which are not suitable.
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: Cliff perkins on October 01, 2012, 06:10:04 pm: what does the ptfe spray do exactly ?
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: Mike #1 on October 01, 2012, 06:22:33 pm: It bascially coats the carbon fibre sections with a protective layer which helps reduce wear on the sections . Mike
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: Smudger on October 01, 2012, 07:33:00 pm: Polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE is highly hydrophobic it repels water ie used for plummers tape and if memory serves the most friction free solid substance known to man so used in aircraft bearings/moving parts and if the suspended parts
bond onto the pole surface then it will reduce/stop wear and tear.

if your old enough you could buy slick 50 for your car engine - that had ptfe and was supposed to bond onto your cars
cylinders and reduce wear and oil usage.

Darran
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: mark m on October 01, 2012, 08:15:03 pm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBU9SsGX0Ek
Title: Re: PTFE DRY LUBRICANT : USE ON GARDINER POLES
Post by: Alex Gardiner on October 01, 2012, 08:18:24 pm: Quote from: windy boy on October 01, 2012, 08:15:03 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBU9SsGX0Ek

That's great stuff for moving parts, etc but is not recommended for carbon fibre products, ie carbon poles. This is because it is oil based and penetrative in nature. With prolonged use this could lead to carbon fibre degradation.