19 Mar
2006
19 Mar
'06
12:56 p.m.
Hey Guys,
This afternoon I'm cleaning up a Sony GDM-1602 monitor. I have the case
disassembled, and have washed all but the largest pieces. The base is a
very nice rotating and tilting design. The rotation taken place because
the plastic tilting assembly rides on a flat sheet metal base. The
contact area is a circular plastic ridge that was lubed with an
clear-ish amber grease.
What kind of grease should I use to re-lube this? I want to provide
adequate lubrication between the plastic and steel, but I don't want
something that will hurt the plastic. I was thinking about using
many years ago I got a tube of something that claimed to be 'Electrolube
Special Plastic Greast' (Electrolube being a well-known brand of cleaning
solvents, etc over here). It seems to be safe on all plastics I've tried
it on so far, and it should have suitable lubriacting properties for this
sort of thing (it's not exactly a high-speed mechanism!).
Where you get it from is another matter, but surely plastic-safe greases
still exist.
-tony