Rubber Seal Preservative - Anyone used here?

Wanderer

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Would KY jelly work? I have some from when I had a dose of the farmers and needed so stuff suppositories up my poo-hole.

Also as a plus point I found an interesting place up there to keep my car keys......
 
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Wanderer said:
Would KY jelly work? I have some from when I had a dose of the farmers and needed so stuff suppositories up my poo-hole.

Also as a plus point I found an interesting place up there to keep my car keys......
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You’re beginning to remind me of the scene with Christopher Walken in Pulp Fiction...
 
Wanderer

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fphil said:
Go to the pharmacy outlet and buy a tube of Vaseline
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I wonder at what moment in in time 'the chemists' became 'the pharmacy'? It's like 'Scope' instead of 'The Spastics Centre'

Channelling Alan Partridge again....
 
Corranga

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Wanderer said:
I wonder at what moment in in time 'the chemists' became 'the pharmacy'? It's like 'Scope' instead of 'The Spastics Centre'

Channelling Alan Partridge again....
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I might be missing the joke, but....
I'd say 1 is about the continuing Americanisation of the UK, and the other is about the expansion of an organisation to encapsulate a wider, erm, scope, followed by their changing goals, and rebranding to avoid an outdated term, often used in error, and also with negative connatations. I see no relationship.




Back on topic, all those looking a Vaseline, remember Vaseline is a brand, not a product.
KY Jelly is probably ok, but Petroleum Jelly will likely eat away at the seals I'd have thought, petroleum and rubber don't go together.
I'm saying this of course because one of Vaseline's products is Petroleum Jelly.

Given the price difference is only a couple of quid, I'll stick with the automotive stuff that presumably has been tested etc. especially given the liklihood for Maserati seals to be astronomical!
 
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This is kind of the point...
As many have suggested solutions that only essentially lubricates the surface of the rubber, this all but misses the point.
What sold it to me was the description that it claims to "nourish' the rubber.
Rubber dries out & crystallises. There are a number of ways that have been reported that claim to recondition rubber to extend it's useful life .
 
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I employ as many greek latin or french words I am capable for my parlance ;)
I said about because this is what I use for my Maserati. It soften the rubber like it does for the skin. Don't put it too thick. You may have got some already at home!?
 
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Corranga said:
KY Jelly is probably ok, but Petroleum Jelly will likely eat away at the seals I'd have thought, petroleum and rubber don't go together.
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Have you thought what might be evaporating from the (synthetic) rubber that makes it crack and go hard?
FWIW I also prefer specific automotive products now, but used petroleum jelly for years with no apparent issues.

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