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Originally Posted by Fenrir92
That's a really good idea and one that I didn't think about. From the videos I've watched, I only applied Super Lube to the slide/frame and any areas with metal to metal contact.
Would silicone oil be more appropriate in lubricating this spring?
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The information that I operate on is premised on the need to prevent plastic from tarnishing/weakening because of grease penetration and a need to sustain metal+plastic and metal + metal contact.
Silicone oil is allegedly non-reactive to most material but it's low viscocity has little to be desired... I personally tried silicone oil but it tends to dry off due to dust and debris. I then switched to white lithium grease (bad for plastic apparently and is meant for metal on metal contact). It tends to coat metal surfaces and stay on.
These springs are so small and sometimes intricate, it's very annoying to justify so much work for small parts that have sometimes a vital function. If the spring is in an area that has constant COLD GAS (e.g. propane and co2) running, it will likely reduce the temperature of the metal down towards freezing. Theoretically, the reduced temperatures would make the spring more brittle and the vibrations from the blowback of the slide would just place the perfect conditions to degrade its integrity...
Feel free to dispute, I'm mostly working on theoretics here.