I've investigated (read the MSDS) all the food grade (edible class) lubricants I've seen and every single one (except silicone) is nothing but mineral oil or petroleum jelly on one form of dispenser or another. There are tubes sprays yadda yadda and they are all the same thing. And they are all very spendy.
Petroleum Jelly and Mineral Oil are the same thing, except the jelly is the High Molecular weight version of mineral oil.
Buy a bottle of mineral oil and a can or tube of petroleum jelly and just keep 'em clean and you will be good to go for all your brewery lube needs.
I don't like silicone lubes because it has electrical properties and the stuff spreads and spreads for pretty much ever.
Place a drop of silicone oil on a surface and it'll eventually spread out till it is a 50 foot diameter coating one molecule thick. Just the thought of that stuff doing that inside me creeps me out.
Lots of other lubes are called "food Grade" but they are not edible. They are meant for lubrication around food on the machinery where there is a risk of contamination. They usually contain a form of aluminum or other things that are not dangerous in small amounts, but you wouldn't want 'em in direct contact with food.
Mineral oil is edible.
Petroleum Jelly and Mineral Oil are the same thing, except the jelly is the High Molecular weight version of mineral oil.
Buy a bottle of mineral oil and a can or tube of petroleum jelly and just keep 'em clean and you will be good to go for all your brewery lube needs.
I don't like silicone lubes because it has electrical properties and the stuff spreads and spreads for pretty much ever.
Place a drop of silicone oil on a surface and it'll eventually spread out till it is a 50 foot diameter coating one molecule thick. Just the thought of that stuff doing that inside me creeps me out.
Lots of other lubes are called "food Grade" but they are not edible. They are meant for lubrication around food on the machinery where there is a risk of contamination. They usually contain a form of aluminum or other things that are not dangerous in small amounts, but you wouldn't want 'em in direct contact with food.
Mineral oil is edible.