We have a "stick" type handheld blender that's given many years of service.
I've noticed recently when washing it that the blade is much harder to turn
by hand than it used to be. I say say water has leaked past any seals it
used to have.

Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade" environment?
Don't want my soups ending up tasting of 3inOne. ;-)

Tim

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Tim+ wrote:

Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade" environment?

You an get food-grade grease for coffee machines ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/grease/dp/B00APYQTPQ

On 12/09/2017 21:36, Tim+ wrote:
We have a "stick" type handheld blender that's given many years of service.
I've noticed recently when washing it that the blade is much harder to turn
by hand than it used to be. I say say water has leaked past any seals it
used to have.

Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade" environment?
Don't want my soups ending up tasting of 3inOne. ;-)

Tim


Plenty, just Google "food grade lubricants".

You need to strip the blender to find the location of the stiffness,
IMHO, and they are normally glued together and not designed for stripping.

You could just leave it overnight or longer with the working end
submerged in cooking oil. But I suspect there is a buildup of deposits
on the shaft / seal / bottom bearing region.

newshound wrote:
On 12/09/2017 21:36, Tim+ wrote:
We have a "stick" type handheld blender that's given many years of service.
I've noticed recently when washing it that the blade is much harder to turn
by hand than it used to be. I say say water has leaked past any seals it
used to have.

Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade" environment?
Don't want my soups ending up tasting of 3inOne. ;-)

Tim


Plenty, just Google "food grade lubricants".

You need to strip the blender to find the location of the stiffness,
IMHO, and they are normally glued together and not designed for stripping.


Indeed. That seems to be the case with mine.


You could just leave it overnight or longer with the working end
submerged in cooking oil. But I suspect there is a buildup of deposits
on the shaft / seal / bottom bearing region.

No harm in trying it I suppose.

Tim


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Andy Burns wrote:
Tim+ wrote:

Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade" environment?

You an get food-grade grease for coffee machines ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/grease/dp/B00APYQTPQ


I'd need to disassemble it to replace grease and it's glued/welded
together. I really need something with low viscosity and good "creeping"
properties.

Tim

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On Tuesday, 12 September 2017 21:36:27 UTC+1, Tim+ wrote:
Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade" environment?
Don't want my soups ending up tasting of 3inOne. ;-)

I had the devil's own job getting wallpaper paste out of mine.

No lumpy walls though :-)

Owain

On Tuesday, 12 September 2017 21:42:13 UTC+1, newshound wrote:
On 12/09/2017 21:36, Tim+ wrote:
We have a "stick" type handheld blender that's given many years of service.
I've noticed recently when washing it that the blade is much harder to turn
by hand than it used to be. I say say water has leaked past any seals it
used to have.

Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade" environment?
Don't want my soups ending up tasting of 3inOne. ;-)

Tim


Plenty, just Google "food grade lubricants".

You need to strip the blender to find the location of the stiffness,
IMHO, and they are normally glued together and not designed for stripping.

You could just leave it overnight or longer with the working end
submerged in cooking oil. But I suspect there is a buildup of deposits
on the shaft / seal / bottom bearing region.

Yes, clean rather than lube is the most likely solution, if it can be cleaned without destruction.


NT

On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:36:22 -0000 (UTC), Tim+
wrote:

We have a "stick" type handheld blender that's given many years of service.
I've noticed recently when washing it that the blade is much harder to turn
by hand than it used to be. I say say water has leaked past any seals it
used to have.

Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade" environment?
Don't want my soups ending up tasting of 3inOne. ;-)

Tim
Mayonnaise, but go light on the eggs.


AB

On Tuesday, 12 September 2017 21:36:27 UTC+1, Tim+ wrote:
Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade" environment?
Don't want my soups ending up tasting of 3inOne. ;-)

Any edible oil is likely to go rancid or habour bacteria over time if it's still present internally.

KY?

Owain

On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 21:01:59 -0000 (UTC), Tim+ wrote:

No harm in trying it I suppose.

Cooking oil will gum with time.

My hand blender says to use a "liquid paraffin" oil, as in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_paraffin_(drug), place the blender upside
down, and let the oil sit on the bearing overnight.

I also found this: "Your ESGE-Zauberstab® benefits from being oiled from time
to time. Use a non-acid oil. Hold your ESGE-Zauberstab® upside down and then put
some drops of oil at the end of the drive-shaft, then switch on the appliance
for about 2 minutes. Finally clean the appliance with hot water."


Thomas Prufer

On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:36:22 -0000 (UTC), Tim+ wrote:

We have a "stick" type handheld blender that's given many years of service.
I've noticed recently when washing it that the blade is much harder to turn
by hand than it used to be. I say say water has leaked past any seals it
used to have.

Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade" environment?
Don't want my soups ending up tasting of 3inOne. ;-)

Tim

No idea what it tastes like, but possibly Johnson's Baby Oil might do it.
Probably water-soluble/miscible, but shouldn't be harmful/toxic to ingest.

I did wonder how baby oil is made - if it's similar to olive oil - but as
I'm not a vegetarian I don't really care.
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whilst religions hold sway

On 13/09/2017 08:52, PeterC wrote:
On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:36:22 -0000 (UTC), Tim+ wrote:

We have a "stick" type handheld blender that's given many years of service.
I've noticed recently when washing it that the blade is much harder to turn
by hand than it used to be. I say say water has leaked past any seals it
used to have.

Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade" environment?
Don't want my soups ending up tasting of 3inOne. ;-)

Tim

No idea what it tastes like, but possibly Johnson's Baby Oil might do it.
Probably water-soluble/miscible, but shouldn't be harmful/toxic to ingest.

I did wonder how baby oil is made - if it's similar to olive oil - but as
I'm not a vegetarian I don't really care.


Baby oil is normally a highly refined mineral oil: same as "liquid
paraffin", but shorter chain length so lower viscosity.

ISTR finding suggestions in the past that it could contain palm oil, but
from a quick Google just now both Johnsons and generic products seem to
be mineral oil.

On 13/09/2017 08:29, Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 21:01:59 -0000 (UTC), Tim+ wrote:

No harm in trying it I suppose.

Cooking oil will gum with time.

My hand blender says to use a "liquid paraffin" oil, as in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_paraffin_(drug), place the blender upside
down, and let the oil sit on the bearing overnight.

I also found this: "Your ESGE-Zauberstab® benefits from being oiled from time
to time. Use a non-acid oil. Hold your ESGE-Zauberstab® upside down and then put
some drops of oil at the end of the drive-shaft, then switch on the appliance
for about 2 minutes. Finally clean the appliance with hot water."


Thomas Prufer

Sounds like a strategy; worth a try but I'd still suspect a buildup of
solids.

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On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:36:22 -0000 (UTC), Tim+ wrote:

We have a "stick" type handheld blender that's given many years of
service.
I've noticed recently when washing it that the blade is much harder to
turn
by hand than it used to be. I say say water has leaked past any seals it
used to have.

Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade"
environment?
Don't want my soups ending up tasting of 3inOne. ;-)

Tim

No idea what it tastes like, but possibly Johnson's Baby Oil might do it.
Probably water-soluble/miscible, but shouldn't be harmful/toxic to ingest.

I did wonder how baby oil is made

Cold pressed premature babys stupid.

- if it's similar to olive oil - but as I'm not a vegetarian I don't
really care.

I'd have you publicly flogged if you hadn't enjoyed that so much the last
time.

But are you sure its not actual food that has bunged it up?
Brian

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Tim+ wrote:

Is there any lubricant that's safe to use in this "food grade"
environment?

You an get food-grade grease for coffee machines ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/grease/dp/B00APYQTPQ

On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 08:52:14 +0100, PeterC
wrote:



No idea what it tastes like, but possibly Johnson's Baby Oil might do it.
Probably water-soluble/miscible, but shouldn't be harmful/toxic to ingest.

I did wonder how baby oil is made - if it's similar to olive oil - but as
I'm not a vegetarian I don't really care.

Almost bound to be Virgin.

G.Harman

On 13/09/2017 19:12, Tim+ wrote:
newshound Wrote in message:
On 13/09/2017 08:29, Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 21:01:59 -0000 (UTC), Tim+ wrote:

No harm in trying it I suppose.

Cooking oil will gum with time.

My hand blender says to use a "liquid paraffin" oil, as in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_paraffin_(drug), place the blender upside
down, and let the oil sit on the bearing overnight.

I also found this: "Your ESGE-Zauberstab® benefits from being oiled from time
to time. Use a non-acid oil. Hold your ESGE-Zauberstab® upside down and then put
some drops of oil at the end of the drive-shaft, then switch on the appliance
for about 2 minutes. Finally clean the appliance with hot water."


Thomas Prufer

Sounds like a strategy; worth a try but I'd still suspect a buildup of
solids.


Found a bottle of baby oil under the sink and dribble some in.
Seems to have done the trick. Hopefully not too toxic.
;-)

Tim


When one of my old colleagues found an advert describing something which
he considered to be "snake oil", he would exclaim "For babies, rabies,
and scabies".