Doubt About Moebius 9501

[GuiBer]

I used Moebius 9501 for the first time yesterday, when servicing (also for the first time) an old chronograph watch.

 

I have bought only 1 ml of it on ebay from a french seller. I was a little surprised with its consistency, as I can turn upside down the little bottle in witch it was  delivered, without getting it out. Is this normal? I thought (perhaps wrongly) that it should be not so "thick"!

[rogart63]

I used Moebius 9501 for the first time yesterday, when servicing (also for the first time) an old chronograph watch.

 

I have bought only 1 ml of it on ebay from a french seller. I was a little surprised with its consistency, as I can turn upside down the little bottle in witch it was  delivered, without getting it out. Is this normal? I thought (perhaps wrongly) that it should be not so "thick"!

It's probably the ketchup effect? Like when you turn a ketchup bottle upside down. It doesn't come anything until you stick a knife or something in to brake the vacuum.

[Steffen]

I also bought some oil on Ebay from a French seller, and was a little suspicious of the computer printed label.
It works fine though, maybe she just bought large bottles and divided it into small ones for sale?

[GuiBer]

I was expecting some more "technical" information ...

[Marc]

oils.pdf

 

The above may help if you compare the viscosity of 9501 with other oils and greases.

[GuiBer]

Thanks Mark. I already knew that oils table. What I wanted to mean with "more technical information" was indeed more practical information:

 

Is it really normal that the grease doesn´t flow or come out of the bottle, when I turn it upside down ?

[Marc]

The size of the neck of the bottle also has a part to play, what rogart63 describes as the "ketchup effect", although I think that in respect to oils this is more a function of surface tension than it is of viscosity.

I have some old stock of 8000 in 2ml bottles. It's way past it's shelf life so goes nowhere any movements, but gets used on tools or for other non-critical applications (I just can't throw anything away). The older style of 2ml bottle has a narrower neck than the new ones and the only way to extract the oil is with a dipper, no way will it pour.

 

The smaller quantities of 9501 appear to supplied in syringes, presumably to alleviate this issue.

[JohnR725]

I'm more familiar with 9504 which if you look at the above PDF is 9501 with something added. It's an extremely thick grease it would probably take years for it to flow out of a upside down bottle all by itself even then I doubt it would flow out at all.

[GuiBer]

The size of the neck of the bottle also has a part to play, what rogart63 describes as the "ketchup effect", although I think that in respect to oils this is more a function of surface tension than it is of viscosity.

I have some old stock of 8000 in 2ml bottles. It's way past it's shelf life so goes nowhere any movements, but gets used on tools or for other non-critical applications (I just can't throw anything away). The older style of 2ml bottle has a narrower neck than the new ones and the only way to extract the oil is with a dipper, no way will it pour.

 

The smaller quantities of 9501 appear to supplied in syringes, presumably to alleviate this issue.

 

 

I'm more familiar with 9504 which if you look at the above PDF is 9501 with something added. It's an extremely thick grease it would probably take years for it to flow out of a upside down bottle all by itself even then I doubt it would flow out at all.

Thanks for your clarifying answers. I am now more "confortable" with what I bought.  (and already used in three watch services)