Low Viscosity, EPDM-Safe Lubricant

How low of viscosity? Do you want an oil or grease?

What type of properties (EP, AW, Turbine, ????)

Oil. Would like it to be able to be sprayed/atomized.

I'm not very familiar with oil terminolgy, but I think AW is the only thing. It only needs to be used to aid assembly of some close tolerance parts, not to serve any long term functional purpose. Not sure if AW means long term or just antiwear in general...

Thanks,
Mike

AW stands for Anti-wear (usually hydraulic oils)

EP stands for Extreme pressure (gear oils)

R&O (turbine) stands for rust & oxidation (very little additives)

Anyways ....................

What you should be looking for is probably a synthetic polyglycol oil such as:

Mobil Glygoyle 11 which has an ISO 100 viscosity index - but it still may be too thick for your purposes.

Actually,

Thinking a little more here you may be best served by a non-petroleum silicone or polyglycol brake fluid.

Mike

Try SHC oil-Synthetic Hydro Carbon -ISO VG6

It's viscosity is 6.Water is 1.

Maybe you'l find on www.fuchs.com

Best regards

Luciano Huberman

http://www.robinsonrubber.com/pdfs/EPRubber.pdf

glycerin??

What temperature do you anticipate having? temperature has a huge impact on viscosity. Temperature will also affect how well your EPDM hold up under some oils.

Thanks for all the replies. This would be applied at room temperature, but could conceivably be prewarmed if necessary.

Thanks,
Mike

Mike,

Check www.slideproducts.com for lubricants that are safe with EPDM. They make many types of mold release products that have low viscosity and can be used with a variety of different rubbers and plastics. Most, if not all, have good short term lubricating properties, and are available in aerosol cans or in bulk.

Dennis