Thread: Frozen Greaseless Compound

Ok so with the cold front that moved across the Western US, the temperature drop managed to freeze stuff solid in the shop..

Now I took the frozen compounds and tried loading the buffer wheels, I have never really had any issues loading mine but I have read of others having problems getting an even layer..
The frozen compound loaded more even then ever in the past..

I am not to the point of advocating this yet, and perhaps I might do some more research on it when I have time, but it is a positive enough find that perhaps if you are having a hard time getting the buffer wheels loaded correctly you might try it out

So perhaps a freak of nature might help a bit

Speaking as an entirely in the dark when it comes to anything scientific...could it have been the rate at which it froze that had anything to do with you being able to load it evenly as opposed to other people's experiences. Illogic logic makes me think rate of freezing always changes things, just as the opposite when heating something. Correct me if I'm wrong and give me faint praise if I stumbled onto something.

I went to use mine the other day and I couldn't get the frozen compound to load at all.
I popped it in my powder coat oven at the lowest temp for about 15 minutes to get it to thaw enough to load.

Different frozen brands ? Just thinking some compounds may have a different base material or additive that would act different under certain circumstances.

I'm pretty sure we both use Formax. Maybe different temperature or water content.
The tube I was using is a few years old, and is on the dry side.

Even more puzzling. It's the water that freezes isn't it ? Maybe your freezing is a couple of degrees cooler than Glen's :<0)

Has anyone come up with a method of rehydrating dried out greaseless? I have a tube of 80 that is too dry to load on a wheel.

Originally Posted by skipnord

Has anyone come up with a method of rehydrating dried out greaseless? I have a tube of 80 that is too dry to load on a wheel.

Spray your wheel with WD 40,than load.

Originally Posted by skipnord

Has anyone come up with a method of rehydrating dried out greaseless? I have a tube of 80 that is too dry to load on a wheel.

Here is what I do that re-hydrates and also keeps it hydrated

One Tupperware container with sealed top
Tubes of Formax (Yes Eric and I use the same stuff )
Covered with a sheet of plastic
A wet cloth placed on top of the plastic
Keep the container closed

That has served me well for a few years now

I had not heard of the WD-40 trick will file that away thanks Bill

Also seems that Eric had the exact opposite outcome I found so obviously this is by no way a solution without some further testing