Lubrication for lens

[justins7]

Last week I asked about my sticky Voightlander 40mm lens and how to lube it. Someone suggested plumber's lube, but I haven't been able to find this. Can't I just use white or black lithium grease? Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

[Spyderman]

http://www3.telus.net/public/rpnchbck/IMG_0687b.jpg

This is linked from Kiev Survival Site. Russ says this is the grease he uses in all his lenses.

I relubed my 2 Zuiko lenses with this and also many other FSU lenses and they're fine.

[kestas]

i used similar lithium grease for my old leitz summar. in my case it was Cepsa (Spain) made lithium grease. can't said nothing bad about it. it works

[sanmich]

Kestas, could you explain how to dismantle a summar?
Mine is desperately in need of a cleaning...

about the grease, I tried different things, Lithium does the job!

[justins7]

All I did was remove the rear focusing mount to re-lube it and I couldn't get it back in no matter how hard I tried. Although I am a handy guy, and careful, it appears I screwed (so to speak) something up. Sherry Krauter of Golden Touch is now attempting to fix this disaster, but she can't get it back either. I may have cross-threaded it somehow, though I really was quite careful.

:eek: There goes the whole DIY concept, and my lens...