Will Petroleum Jelly affect Nickel finish on GGTS

[jacktan12]

This is gonna be a stupid noob question, but will petroleum jelly (like vaseline), actually be a negative thing on a nickel GGTS, specifically on the nickel plating finish?

I had, by accident, gotten a load of it onto my GGTS after I had polished it a week ago, and I'm finding that it seems to protect my GG a lot against my corrosive sweat. I haven't had to polish it again with autosol for more than a week now, just give it a quick wipe with a dry cloth every day and slap on a bit of vaseline every 3 days or so. In the past, I've had to polish every 3 or 4 days to keep the shine. Now, it's nice and shiny every day.

 

[clavit]

Strange, I've noticed the same thing. I got vaseline all over my AVS when lubing the o-rings. Now, the AVS stays shiny longer than the rest of the GGTS.
Don't know if it hurts the nickel finish though, but i doubt it.

 

[imeothanasis]

I dont think it hurts the nickel finish but vaseline protects threads from getting tarnish so it does the same to the finish for sure.

 

[jacktan12]

Well....it's working well for me so far. I don't have to polish the GGTS to get rid of the tarnish as often now. Basically gone a week without having to really polish it with autosol and it's still looking like freshly polished shine. I just coat it with a bit more vaseline every 2 or 3 days, wipe it down about once a day. Still going great. I've noticed too that the vaseline does seem to get rid of the little bit of tarnish that does stick, coz I tend to get a bit of black on my cloth while I'm wiping it. So far, it's working well as protection from tarnish.

 

[smitty727]

This is gonna be a stupid noob question, but will petroleum jelly (like vaseline), actually be a negative thing on a nickel GGTS, specifically on the nickel plating finish?

It depends on what you do with it after greasing it up with the vaseline. Sorry, I just couldn't resist, lol.
Smitty

 

[silentt]

A little shake never hurt anyone... lol

 

[jacktan12]

It depends on what you do with it after greasing it up with the vaseline. Sorry, I just couldn't resist, lol.
Smitty

I walked (fell) right into that, didn't I? Hahahaha