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Housing Care
 Port cleaning and polishing
 Gates housing maintenance
 Canon O-rings		  Housing care tips
Explaining what grease to use, and how much, and giving a few helpfull hints on how to look after your underwater camera kit

Grease

Silicone Grease
Lubricant for NBR (black nitrile) and other non-silicone O-rings. Highly water repellent - may also be used to lubricate lighting bracket components and other metal parts (particularly screw-threads), to eliminate corrosion and seizure problems.
 Do not use silicone grease on silicone O-rings (may cause swelling and premature failure) - see fluorosilicone grease below.

ikelite #5020 Silicone grease 1cc (pack of 4) Silicone grease 1cc (pack of 4)
ikelite #5020		 £1.75
Aquatica 19213 Silicone Grease, 7g tub Silicone grease, O-ring lubricant.
7grams (¼oz) tub.
Aquatica #19213		 £16.33
Gates 50-25-079 DC55 silicone in syringe Dow Corning 55 silicone syringe
Gates 50-25-079		 £15.31
Molykote 111 silicone grease, 100g Silicone grease, 100g tube
lubricant for nitrile & buna O-rings
Molykote M111		 £15.31

Fluorosilicone Grease
 Preferred lubricant for silicone O-rings

Molykote FS1292 fluorosilicone grease, 100g Fluorosilicone grease, 100g tube
lubricant for silicone O-rings
Molykote FS1292		 £40.84
Sea&Sea O-ring grease O-ring grease (suitable for silicone rubber)
Sea&Sea 01900		 £7.99
Olympus O-ring Lubricant PSOLG-1 Olympus O-ring lubricant, suitable for silicone rubber
PSOLG-1		 £15.31
Olympus O-ring Lubricant PSOLG-2 Olympus O-ring lubricant, suitable for silicone rubber, 5g tube
PSOLG-2		 £17.99
Olympus O-ring Lubricant PSOLG-3 Olympus O-ring lubricant, suitable for silicone rubber, 40g tub
PSOLG-3		 £53.99

Olympus O-ring remover x2 O-ring remover, pack of 2
Olympus PTAC-05		 £10.00


Desiccant

Insertion of silica-gel packets into underwater and weather-protection housings reduces internal humidity and prevents port-fogging on going from warm to cold.
Keep sachets in a small sealed container when not in use. Discard when colour changes from blue to pink.

SeaLife SL911 silica gel capsules (10x 1.5g) Moisture Muncher silica gel
10× 1.5g capsules
SeaLife SL911		 £7.50
SeaLife M101 silica gel sachets (3x 1oz) Moisture Muncher silica gel
3× 1oz sachets
SeaLife M101		 £7.50
Epoque silica gel tabs SIlica gel tablets for Epoque housings £5.10
ewa-marine Camera-Dry CD5 Camera Dry silica gel
Large sachet, pack of 5
ewa-marine CD5		 £7.99
Silica gel sachet, small Silica gel sachet, small
same as Olympus silica-5s (mfr. Shin-etsu)
Sea&Sea 62108,		 £7.99
Olympus silica-5s Olympus silica gel sachet, small, Pack of 5
Silica-5s		 £8.99




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