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Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in news:Xns992DB244BF9CCtegger@
207.14.116.130:

> "Headknocker via CarKB.com" <u18602@uwe> wrote in
> news:72052be93b778@uwe:
>
>> Tegger wrote:
>>>>> Been using Sil-Glyde for twenty years. Never a problem. I still
>>>>> have all eitght original pin boots on my brakes and they do not
>>>>> even show
>>>[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>>>> lube, there's some stuff by bendix that's supposed to be good and
>>>> dow corning's molykote m77 is i understand oem lube for the sliders.
>>>
>>>Sil-Glyde does NOT "gum up" ANY rubber boots on ANY Honda EVER. I
>>>don't know what you were using, but it sure wasn't Sil-Glyde.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Do they even make Sil-Glyde anymore? I used to use it regularly and
>> then I noticed that I could no longer find it in the stores anymore. I
>> looked around online and I'm prettty sure I read that it had been
>> taken of the market. Am I mistaken? I haven't seen it in the stores in
>> my area for at least five years.
>>
>
>
> It's still made and sold. Readily available at NAPA and other places.
>
> <http://www.agscompany.com/products/index.php?catId=53&viewProducts=true>
>


To jim beam: If you decide to check out that link, you'll see a link to the
MSDS at the bottom. Do you see any silicone in the MSDS? The chemical names
mean nothing to me.

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Tegger wrote:
> Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in news:Xns992DB244BF9CCtegger@
> 207.14.116.130:
>
>> "Headknocker via CarKB.com" <u18602@uwe> wrote in
>> news:72052be93b778@uwe:
>>
>>> Tegger wrote:
>>>>>> Been using Sil-Glyde for twenty years. Never a problem. I still
>>>>>> have all eitght original pin boots on my brakes and they do not
>>>>>> even show
>>>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>>>>> lube, there's some stuff by bendix that's supposed to be good and
>>>>> dow corning's molykote m77 is i understand oem lube for the sliders.
>>>> Sil-Glyde does NOT "gum up" ANY rubber boots on ANY Honda EVER. I
>>>> don't know what you were using, but it sure wasn't Sil-Glyde.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Do they even make Sil-Glyde anymore? I used to use it regularly and
>>> then I noticed that I could no longer find it in the stores anymore. I
>>> looked around online and I'm prettty sure I read that it had been
>>> taken of the market. Am I mistaken? I haven't seen it in the stores in
>>> my area for at least five years.
>>>
>>
>> It's still made and sold. Readily available at NAPA and other places.
>>
>> <http://www.agscompany.com/products/index.php?catId=53&viewProducts=true>
>>
>
>
> To jim beam: If you decide to check out that link, you'll see a link to the
> MSDS at the bottom. Do you see any silicone in the MSDS? The chemical names
> mean nothing to me.
>
not much! the polyproplyene glycol is a thickening agent - used in
toothpaste among other things. the methylated silica is a bulking agent
the p.g. can bind to. not much room for dimethylpolysiloxane [the
silicone] after that!

jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
news:xL-dndPgSuZqsNjbnZ2dnUVZ_v2knZ2d@speakeasy.net:

> Tegger wrote:

>>
>> To jim beam: If you decide to check out that link, you'll see a link
>> to the MSDS at the bottom. Do you see any silicone in the MSDS? The
>> chemical names mean nothing to me.
>>
> not much! the polyproplyene glycol is a thickening agent - used in
> toothpaste among other things. the methylated silica is a bulking
> agent the p.g. can bind to. not much room for dimethylpolysiloxane
> [the silicone] after that!


So then "Sil-Glyde" is more "Glyde" than "Sil". Interesting to know, but
not ultimately of effect on my purchase and use decisions. The stuff is
still excellent. But there was once better....

In my neck of the woods twenty-five years ago there used to be a substance
called "Impac 1000".
It was an extremely effective potion. Unfortunately, efficacy does not
automatically conflate with business success, and Impac 1000 went out of
business. I was therefore forced to fall back on Sil-Glyde.

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