Molykote Valve Lubricant and Sealant 5.3 oz. Tube

Worked great on my ECM Synchronika. For my machine, this is how I applied. 1. set brew lever at midway point between on and off 2. unscrew the screw at the end of brew lever and be careful with lock washer that is hiding inside 3. unscrew the outer piece that sits around the cam making sure to work on the nut closest to brew group head 4. pull out the cam, lube with molykote 111 taking care in particular with the wear points. 5) This is where my machine differed with what I saw online. The videos I saw were able to put the cam right back in but I could not get the cam in the original position it was in. So: unscrew lower portion of brew group head and let it drop all the way down 5. insert cam into position 6. push up from bottom of lower group piece and screw back in making sure cam stays in position 7. lube the entire cam arm with a tiny bit of molykote

great for lubricating a zacconi espresso machine

I used it to repack the gas valve going to our fireplace. When closed, it had been leaking just enough to get a whiff of gas every so often in our den. Much easier to repack the valve than cut and rethread metal gas pipes to replace the valve. Worked great. No leaks now.

Excellent stuff. Just a tiny drop is enough to keep my cams and lever nice and lubricated. Food safe, heat tolerant, and nice and slippery. Works well for ball-and-socket joints, too, like steam wands, etc. if they get old and sticky.

I researched a lot of lubricants for my water catchment system. Use this on the seals of my filters. It worked great and this time using this, no cracking sounds when I screwed it back together. Just slid and tightened easily with no leaks. Will last me a long time, only takes a tiny bit on seals. I would recommend.

Have bought atleast 5 dozen over years. Tubes come in random shades of seafoam color and random openings and caps. Not picture shown. I can't complain about actual lube, mostly same consistency. Packaging and tube should be identical

Dow Corning 111, now packaged and marketed as MolyKote 111, is a product with many uses. Whether you want to use it as lubricatant, or make sure that nut / bolt comes off easily the next time you access it, or even make sure your O-Rings stay lubricated and not dry out... this is a good solution. You can also use this on your air guns (if you have any) - anywhere there is metal to metal contact that you want to operate smoothly with as little friction as possible to prevent wear. My most recent use was to lubricate the rubber / silicone seals and other moving parts on my manual lever espresso machine. I also put it on the nut and bolt combinations in the machine to make them come apart more readily; this will make sure they don't "freeze up". Note this is also "Food Grade" so using it on kitchen appliances to keep them lubed up is also possible. I also use this on the valve stems / caps on my bike tires which have a tendency to freeze up and lock on. This keeps the stem moist, and makes the cap come off with a simple turn. Realize this product used to be packaged / sold as Dow Corning 111, and came in a dark green tube. Now, Dow has changed the name and markets and sells this as Molykote 111 with different color packaging. It is the same product - they used to sell MolyKote 111 to the European market, and Dow 111 to the US market - but they were always essentially the same product. Thanks for reading... UPDATE Jan 2016: The uses for this product seem to grow by the day. I bought one of these tubes thinking I had a "lifetime" supply, but the tube is half gone at this point. Recently, I did a brake job on my Chevy Suburban and Silverado, and the brake caliper pins require silicone grease for lube - turns out Molykote 111 is ideal for this application, and even recommended. Next, I changed the rubber suspension bushings from rubber to polyurethane on three of my vehicles, and changed out the stabilizer links for rubber to poly bushings also. When changing over to poly bushings, if you put them in dry, them metal to poly contact will "squeak, squeak" inevitably.... so the recommendation is to grease the contact points. Many of the auto shops use standard grease to do this, the problem is standard grease dries up over time and becomes hardened in this application - this is where Molykote 111 comes in. It is perfect of lubing up the poly bushings and giving the metal to poly contact points a nice, slick and lubricated surface.... Just a couple more uses for Molykote 111...

My big blue filter had a slow drip leak after changing, O-Ring is fine, I think its a knock off Big Blue filter, seems solid enough, who knows why, hadn't done this in a while, changing the O-Ring didn't help. Found this product, just clean the O-Ring and apply this lubricant, never a drop leaks, and I have changed the filter 4+ times now, no more worries about a leak. Odorless, and plenty of lubricant (will last quite a while), easy to use, peace of mind is priceless since I am the person in the house that deals with maintenance issues LOL.