I was digging in the tools last night and found a can of Moly Mist by Jet Lube. I had it to loosen up a bunch of tools that got rained on a few years ago. Reading the label it says that it is a dry film lubricant, listing marine as one of the applications. Does anyone know if it will work on pulleys and other moving equipment on my kiting gear????? Sounds like it should be okay.



Product info page:
http://www.jetlube.com/uploads/pdf/msdspdf/molymist.pdf

Sounds like SailKote ... should be ok. Doesn't last long though

its color is black...............not sure Id want black film on my kite, zipper, pulleys. etc.....................try it out on some spar nylon fab or an old piece of amsteel or kite line.........If you cant get sailkote, I could send you some.....................

Dry-Tef or Zep-lon are Teflon suspended in a fast evaporating media. Both are non-staining but leave a white residue, Telfon powder which when dried and provides excellent lubrication but is washed away when submerged repeatedly... Most of the Moly-lubs leave a black molybdenum residue which seems to cake a bit when dry and cling a bit better but are a gawd awful mess. Much like anti-seize compounds, if you get a bit under your finger nail, it will end up in body crevices you couldn't imagine and you'll have gray stuff on everything you touch for the next week. Same deal with moly-lubs.

Thanks for the info fellas. I'll check out our local boat shop and see if they carry McLube Sailkote. Is that the same sailkote that you can put on your kites to resurface it???? The inflate zippers on my synergy are getting a bit rough to open and close so that is one of the places I was thinking of using the molymist.