Noalox

[rastapete69]

So, I've always tried to treat my things well and follow the manufacturer's advice on maintainance.

Because of this I used a small dab of noalox on the threads at the cap.

my Provari is less than a month old, so I guess it was preventative maintainance or OCD.

while the threads are still smooth, they are less so than when I got it.

I feel like there is a slight drag and am wondering if this goes away after time and the original smoothness returns?

 

[RebelGolfer72]

The drag is the surface tension of the grease. You even feel that with bearings. My advice from my last job (worked in the engineering labs building prototype power circuit breakers, and then working in the shop rebuilding the large power circuit breakers), is if you can see there is grease on it, you have too much on it. I used stuff called No-Ox-Id that looked like ear wax. You would put on a very thin film, work it in a bit, then wipe it all off with a dry rag, there would be the right amount on then. I know the model railroad community uses it as well on the rails... Less than 1tsp is enough to cover like 800ft of track!


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[BadTrainDriver]

Noalox and Ox Gard(what i use) has very small metallic particles that are very slightly abrasive. It's like this by design.
Put a very small amount on a q tip, then wipe over both the male and female threads. Work the threaded sessions together numerous times, then take a dry paper towel and wipe off as much as you can without being too firm. Imagine you're wiping off the top of the threads, but not down in the threads. When you screw it back together again, the inside of the threads will once again cost the top portion of the threads.

 

[Coelli]

I have Noalox and use it on my caps, but I've been wondering if it should be used on atty threads or not. I haven't been just in case it's not a good idea, but as long as we're on the topic...

 

[BadTrainDriver]

I honestly have no idea.
I'll let someone with a lot more knowledge about that question answer it.

 

[RebelGolfer72]

I think using on atty threads would be discouraged if your tank gets air through there. Don't want excess grease plugging air holes, or worse- breathing the fumes given off when heated. I use genesis style tanks, and rebuildable drillers almost exclusively, so everything in the circuit path get No-Ox-Id


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[Gato del Jugo]

I have Noalox and use it on my caps, but I've been wondering if it should be used on atty threads or not.

That's a big no-no...

 

[Coelli]

That's a big no-no...

That's kind of what I figured. Unless you like Noalox-flavored juice I guess.

That said, I wonder about silicon grease. Have lots of that around.