Light Silicone Spray

[Mikegtr]

There appears to be a lot of silicone products out there. I am looking to buy a can of light silicone spray to lubricate moving woodworking metal to metal or metal to plastic parts for easy movement. Can you recommend a product?

 

[Inspector]

I avoid silicone of any kind in my shop. The reason being it mucks up finishes like lacquer or varnishes. Causes fisheye and orange peel. Even a little on a saw, drill press, planer or thicknesser is enough to contaminate the wood for some time to come.

Pete

 

[RobinBHM]

I avoid silicone of any kind in my shop. The reason being it mucks up finishes like lacquer or varnishes. Causes fisheye and orange peel. Even a little on a saw, drill press, planer or thicknesser is enough to contaminate the wood for some time to come.

Pete

Silicone spray is the work of the devil.

 

[TheUnicorn]

i wonder if PTFE is any better on wood?

 

[Inspector]

Thus far I have never hear of any problems with PTFE but I know Silicone is. Even some of the spray furniture polishes contain silicone and when it comes time to refinish is causes problems. I read yesterday of some casting epoxies not playing well with sandpaper that has the stearate on it. The no clogging sandpaper. The surface ends up with fisheye problems too.

Pete

 

[TheTiddles]

Metal to metal - oil, wax or grease

Metal to plastic - if you need a lubricant something is wrong

Aidan

 

[Mikegtr]

Thanks for the replies--great advice. Many thanks.

Use a drop of '3-In-1' or WD40? Wax is mentioned--what type of wax?--will wax coloured filler sticks work? Or on a wax product avoid the word silicone?

 

[Ollie78]

Silicone spray is not good.
Any type of paste wax is ok, an old fashioned paraffin wax. You can buy "machine wax" but I suspect it is just the tin and the price that is different.

Ollie

 

[Rorschach]

Silicone spray is reserved in my workshop purely for rubber components like o-rings, otherwise I try and avoid it as it's quite poor as a lubricant for most applications, better options out there.

 

[TheTiddles]

Machinery wax is great, it’s pricey but good. Works nicely on clamp threads, the clamp bars to stop glue sticking to them etc... I don’t remember when I bought my tin, but it’s mostly full still after many years
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