On Nov 18, 2019, dpb wrote
(in article <[email protected]>):
> <https://www.grizzly.com/products/Slipit-Slip-It-Sil-Free-Sliding-Compound-Gel
> -1-qt-/G5562>
>
> Hadn't seen this before--anybody have any experience with it?
I have no experience, but followed the breadcrumb trail. Slipit.com is very
coy about what it is, exactly, but most likely it is a combination of beeswax
and carnauba wax; these mixtures were very common when slipit was founded.
I don=B4t doubt that it works. What is not clear is if it=B4s better than
Butcher wax or the like. Or microcrystalline wax.
Joe Gwinn
On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:52:32 -0600, dpb <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 11/18/2019 8:07 PM, Joseph Gwinn wrote:
>> On Nov 18, 2019, dpb wrote
>> (in article <[email protected]>):
>>
>>> <https://www.grizzly.com/products/Slipit-Slip-It-Sil-Free-Sliding-Compound-Gel
>>> -1-qt-/G5562>
>>>
>>> Hadn't seen this before--anybody have any experience with it?
>>
>> I have no experience, but followed the breadcrumb trail. Slipit.com is very
>> coy about what it is, exactly, but most likely it is a combination of beeswax
>> and carnauba wax; these mixtures were very common when slipit was founded.
>>
>> I don´t doubt that it works. What is not clear is if it´s better than
>> Butcher wax or the like. Or microcrystalline wax.
>>
>> Joe Gwinn
>
>I hadn't tried the MSDS route yet...sometimes one can tell something there.
>
>Thought would see if anybody had any experience to compare...
MSDS doesn't tell anything useful. Does mention that it's FDA and
CFIA approved for incidental contact with food.
Here's a review--it's less slippery than wax but doesn't seem to
affect finishing:
<http://www.woodworking.org/WC/GArchive98/8_7mattslipit1.html>
Amazon reviews here:
<https://www.amazon.com/Grizzly-G5562-Sil-Free-Sliding-Compound/product-reviews/B0000E6TJ8/ref=cm_cr_unknown?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&filterByStar=one_star&pageNumber=1>
On 11/18/2019 8:07 PM, Joseph Gwinn wrote:
> On Nov 18, 2019, dpb wrote
> (in article <[email protected]>):
>
>> <https://www.grizzly.com/products/Slipit-Slip-It-Sil-Free-Sliding-Compound-Gel
>> -1-qt-/G5562>
>>
>> Hadn't seen this before--anybody have any experience with it?
>
> I have no experience, but followed the breadcrumb trail. Slipit.com is very
> coy about what it is, exactly, but most likely it is a combination of beeswax
> and carnauba wax; these mixtures were very common when slipit was founded.
>
> I don´t doubt that it works. What is not clear is if it´s better than
> Butcher wax or the like. Or microcrystalline wax.
>
> Joe Gwinn
I hadn't tried the MSDS route yet...sometimes one can tell something there.
Thought would see if anybody had any experience to compare...
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On 11/19/2019 6:33 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
...
> Here's a review--it's less slippery than wax but doesn't seem to
> affect finishing:
> <http://www.woodworking.org/WC/GArchive98/8_7mattslipit1.html>
...
Thanks for the link...that guy has more time (and patience) on his hands
than most... :)
Pretty similar to tests FWW did some years ago on rust inhibitors...not
many of them actually did much at all.
The bed tests through the planer were most helpful -- that's the real
reason it caught my eye when I saw it on the Grizzly site; was looking
for power feeders for shaper as am in process of turning out some long
architectural mouldings that are very difficult to run 12- and 14-ft
stock by hand.
His hand friction test measured static rather than dynamic friction,
however.
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