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I don't think you will find rubber and latex are the same thing. Yes vaseline dissolves latex and should never be used in conjunction with condoms due to the fact it will cause the latex to perish and fail.

But O-rings are not made of latex they are typically a form of nitrile rubber and vaseline will have no effect on them. Lets be honest if it did damage rubber I could not be 'lucky' as science is science and the rubber in my o-rings would have failed.

Just my 2 cents.
B :)
 
Silicone grease is usually recommended for o-rings, if you get the food-grade stuff it is pretty much risk free. You can get a jar of it for a few bucks and it lasts forever as you only use a tiny bit.
 
bozatron said:
I don't think you will find rubber and latex are the same thing. Yes vaseline dissolves latex and should never be used in conjunction with condoms due to the fact it will cause the latex to perish and fail.

But O-rings are not made of latex they are typically a form of nitrile rubber and vaseline will have no effect on them. Lets be honest if it did damage rubber I could not be 'lucky' as science is science and the rubber in my o-rings would have failed.

Just my 2 cents.
B :)
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As I dont count on any trustworthy study on what the vaseline effects are over o rings rubber I'd rather not no run any risk and got myself a tube of foodgrade silicone grease, it is way more reliable, and as Dan has stated, it lasts a lot.

I knew vaseline dissolves latex, simply to apply any stuff capable to dissolve latex all over other kinds of plastics seems not the safest thing to do.

I bet you didnt know that thing of vaseline dissolving latex by the time you started using that stuff on your O rings....
 
Oh no vassoline it will cause the prints to break down and deteriorat the rubber only use silicone base lubricant's or if u can believe it olive oil works when in a jam

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Armand said:
I bet you didnt know that thing of vaseline dissolving latex by the time you started using that stuff on your O rings....
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I did, it is quite common knowledge. I think it is even part of Sex-Ed at school.

bigpac said:
Oh no vassoline it will cause the prints to break down and deteriorat the rubber
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Vaseline only degrades NATURAL RUBBER as in rubber made from the sap of the Para rubber tree. Natural rubber is not as widely used as it used to be due to the fact we are very good at making far superior synthetic compounds. Most O-rings are not made of natural rubber they are made of a polymer called nitrile rubber. Nitrile rubber was specifically designed for use in fuel and petrochemical systems due to the fact the petroleum based products have no effect on it. Vaseline is perfectly safe.

That being said so is silicon based lubricant. Its your choice but don't base your assumptions on vaseline degrading latex, thats like saying water causes iron to degrade therefore I can't store water in a stainless steel flask.
 
bozatron said:
I did, it is quite common knowledge. I think it is even part of Sex-Ed at school.



Vaseline only degrades NATURAL RUBBER as in rubber made from the sap of the Para rubber tree. Natural rubber is not as widely used as it used to be due to the fact we are very good at making far superior synthetic compounds. Most O-rings are not made of natural rubber they are made of a polymer called nitrile rubber. Nitrile rubber was specifically designed for use in fuel and petrochemical systems due to the fact the petroleum based products have no effect on it. Vaseline is perfectly safe.

That being said so is silicon based lubricant. Its your choice but don't base your assumptions on vaseline degrading latex, thats like saying water causes iron to degrade therefore I can't store water in a stainless steel flask.
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And even more so now alot of Orings are made with Buna and silicone and being used less with Nitrile and hardly ever with Natural rubber. Buna and silicone orings both are highly resistant to multitudes of stuff chemically and even temperatures.
 
bozatron said:
I did, it is quite common knowledge. I think it is even part of Sex-Ed at school.



Vaseline only degrades NATURAL RUBBER as in rubber made from the sap of the Para rubber tree. Natural rubber is not as widely used as it used to be due to the fact we are very good at making far superior synthetic compounds. Most O-rings are not made of natural rubber they are made of a polymer called nitrile rubber. Nitrile rubber was specifically designed for use in fuel and petrochemical systems due to the fact the petroleum based products have no effect on it. Vaseline is perfectly safe.

That being said so is silicon based lubricant. Its your choice but don't base your assumptions on vaseline degrading latex, thats like saying water causes iron to degrade therefore I can't store water in a stainless steel flask.
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Ok then it looks like you did your homework... Vaseline is the way to go to some of you however food grade sillicone compounds such as the one I am using are far more resistent to water, they have been designed to underwater lubrication in extreme conditions.
 
bozatron said:
I did, it is quite common knowledge. I think it is even part of Sex-Ed at school.



Vaseline only degrades NATURAL RUBBER as in rubber made from the sap of the Para rubber tree. Natural rubber is not as widely used as it used to be due to the fact we are very good at making far superior synthetic compounds. Most O-rings are not made of natural rubber they are made of a polymer called nitrile rubber. Nitrile rubber was specifically designed for use in fuel and petrochemical systems due to the fact the petroleum based products have no effect on it. Vaseline is perfectly safe.

That being said so is silicon based lubricant. Its your choice but don't base your assumptions on vaseline degrading latex, thats like saying water causes iron to degrade therefore I can't store water in a stainless steel flask.
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I run a pool store and I'm 99% positive all our orings we use arnt natural rubber and any petroleum based lube does break down the oring and stainless steel flask is different that storing water in iron also if left in long enough ur stainless steel flask would start to rust just not as fast as iron or steel for that matter

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