[Tristan R Clean]

Does anyone know if you can use Blue Works Dry Lubricant on Gardiner poles?

Thanks Tris

[Smudger]

thats what i use

Darran

[GB Window Cleaning]

i think if its water based not oil based then any ptfe spray is okay!?

[Tristan R Clean]

Cant find any ingredient specification to indicate wether it is water or oil based.
Maybe Alex has the answer?

[GB Window Cleaning]

Cant find any ingredient specification to indicate wether it is water or oil based.
Maybe Alex has the answer?

i had the very same problem too! hence the reason i ended up just buying from gardiners

[G Griffin]

Cant find any ingredient specification to indicate wether it is water or oil based.
Maybe Alex has the answer?

Yeah, what sort of lubricant do you recommend for your pole, Alex?

[Mike #1]

I use to the ptfe spray gardiners sold but the last batch was not very good ,

Previously it used to dry like a spray laquer the last lot did not and durabilty was not very good , So i bought some clear laquer from local car parts shop ,

Worked just as well and gives a good durable coating on my Elite pole . Mike

[Alex Gardiner]

Does anyone know if you can use Blue Works Dry Lubricant on Gardiner poles?

Thanks Tris

I cannot find the exact make-up of this product, but it does look like the right stuff.

As long as the product is a dry-film PTFE lubricant then it will be fine. If it is oil based in anyway then it should be avoided as this can penetrate and affect the structure of the carbon fibre. There are a lot of oil-based PTFE enriched lubricants which are not suitable.

[Cliff perkins]

what does the ptfe spray do exactly ?

[Mike #1]

It bascially coats the carbon fibre sections with a protective layer which helps reduce wear on the sections . Mike

[Smudger]

Polytetrafluoroethylene  PTFE is highly hydrophobic  it repels water ie used for plummers tape and if memory serves the most friction free solid substance known to man  so used in aircraft bearings/moving parts and if the suspended parts
bond onto the pole surface then it will reduce/stop wear and tear.

if your old enough you could buy slick 50 for your car engine - that had ptfe and was supposed to bond onto your cars
cylinders and reduce wear and oil usage.

Darran

[mark m]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBU9SsGX0Ek

[Alex Gardiner]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBU9SsGX0Ek

That's great stuff for moving parts, etc but is not recommended for carbon fibre products, ie carbon poles.  This is because it is oil based and penetrative in nature.  With prolonged use this could lead to carbon fibre degradation.