Lubrication Techniques, Oils, Greases, Epilame Treatments
Discussing lubrication techniques, oils and greases to use and Epilame treatment.
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I never marked any of my repairs. I kept a book with all details. These days use Excel or Access and build your own. As Richard said repairs have their own code, some include the repair number some use their cost code.
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Great post @Waggy. It confirms what I was suspecting. If epilame were working like a repellant it would be pretty useless as we want the oil to stay where we place it. It is also consistent with my observations. Oil placed at a fixed point on a treated surface is difficult to move from that point. That is the exact opposite of what had happened on a waxed surface. So again, I feel sceptical about rubbing off the epilame treatment before the oil is applied to the pallet jewel impulse surface. -
I have always used oil as advised by my master. I expect clock grease has improved a lot over time. One thing I found with old grease on mainsprings is it could congeal causing poor timing because the spring couldn't unwind or wind up properly. 400 day movements run on very little oil the less the better.
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Surely it depends on the clock , I only usually restore torsion clocks and I only use oil on mainspring ( small amount) but on the few so called normal pendulum clocks I have done I have used mainspring grease as there is more reserves of power than there is in a torsion clock so it is not so critical. Dell
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