Recommended Lubricant for PL Mount?

[Brendan H. Banks]

Hey all,

Purchased a PL mount used a while back and it has been working great! It saw some tough conditions and I wanted to give it a good cleaning as I could hear/feel things caught between the threads, almost a crunching feeling. It was pretty gnarly in there and now she's looking clean and nice. Thing is, I want to make sure it's properly lubricated and moving smoothly for future use. Does anyone have any tried and true lubricant for this? Thanks!

-Brendan

 

[Joshua Cadmium]

Probably the best optical helical thread grease that you can readily buy is from Japan Hobby Tools. It is designed for lenses, so it should be perfectly fine for a PL mount.

See page 14 on this PDF: http://www.japanhobbytool.com/catalog-e.pdf

Amazon carries a few of the grades, as does B&H.

MicroTools is currently having a sale on the #3000 grade, which is their thickest (but it might be too thick): https://www.micro-tools.com/collections/jht/lubricants .

I will say that I haven't had a need to use any of this myself, yet. I have previously used automotive grade white lithium grease, but that can outgas and/or separate.

 

[Brendan H. Banks]

Probably the best optical helical thread grease that you can readily buy is from Japan Hobby Tools. It is designed for lenses, so it should be perfectly fine for a PL mount.

See page 14 on this PDF: http://www.japanhobbytool.com/catalog-e.pdf

Amazon carries a few of the grades, as does B&H.

MicroTools is currently having a sale on the #3000 grade, which is their thickest (but it might be too thick): https://www.micro-tools.com/collections/jht/lubricants .

I will say that I haven't had a need to use any of this myself, yet. I have previously used automotive grade white lithium grease, but that can outgas and/or separate.

Fantastic! Thanks so much. I actually was at a checkout the other day and was able to ask a tech if he wouldn't mind taking a look. Got it greased back up to spec for me on the house!