https://www.grizzly.com/products/Slipit-Slip-It-Sil-Free-Sliding-Compound-Gel-1-qt-/G5562

Hadn't seen this before--anybody have any experience with it?

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On Nov 18, 2019, dpb wrote
(in article ):

https://www.grizzly.com/products/Sli...g-Compound-Gel
-1-qt-/G5562

Hadn't seen this before--anybody have any experience with it?

I have no experience, but followed the breadcrumb trail. Slipit.com is very
coy about what it is, exactly, but most likely it is a combination of beeswax
and carnauba wax; these mixtures were very common when slipit was founded.

I don´t doubt that it works. What is not clear is if it´s better than
Butcher wax or the like. Or microcrystalline wax.

Joe Gwinn

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:52:32 -0600, dpb wrote:

On 11/18/2019 8:07 PM, Joseph Gwinn wrote:
On Nov 18, 2019, dpb wrote
(in article ):

https://www.grizzly.com/products/Sli...g-Compound-Gel
-1-qt-/G5562

Hadn't seen this before--anybody have any experience with it?

I have no experience, but followed the breadcrumb trail. Slipit.com is very
coy about what it is, exactly, but most likely it is a combination of beeswax
and carnauba wax; these mixtures were very common when slipit was founded.

I don´t doubt that it works. What is not clear is if it´s better than
Butcher wax or the like. Or microcrystalline wax.

Joe Gwinn

I hadn't tried the MSDS route yet...sometimes one can tell something there.

Thought would see if anybody had any experience to compare...

MSDS doesn't tell anything useful. Does mention that it's FDA and
CFIA approved for incidental contact with food.

Here's a review--it's less slippery than wax but doesn't seem to
affect finishing:
http://www.woodworking.org/WC/GArchive98/8_7mattslipit1.html

Amazon reviews he
https://www.amazon.com/Grizzly-G5562-Sil-Free-Sliding-Compound/product-reviews/B0000E6TJ8/ref=cm_cr_unknown?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&filterB yStar=one_star&pageNumber=1

On 11/19/2019 6:33 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
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Here's a review--it's less slippery than wax but doesn't seem to
affect finishing:
http://www.woodworking.org/WC/GArchive98/8_7mattslipit1.html
....

Thanks for the link...that guy has more time (and patience) on his hands
than most...

Pretty similar to tests FWW did some years ago on rust inhibitors...not
many of them actually did much at all.

The bed tests through the planer were most helpful -- that's the real
reason it caught my eye when I saw it on the Grizzly site; was looking
for power feeders for shaper as am in process of turning out some long
architectural mouldings that are very difficult to run 12- and 14-ft
stock by hand.

His hand friction test measured static rather than dynamic friction,
however.

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