Rah I made this post such a long time ago now….and iv still done nothing about this situation hah
I was literally thinking the other day I would like to get some vacuum grease - it’s just rare that I do vacuum distillations to be honest. I try and avoid it because the noise of the pump - although I suppose my water circulator isn’t so bad now.
That chapstick idea is a cracking one - or the candle idea isn’t half bad either. I actually haven't encountered my joints getting stuck so far (now that I have said that; I am almost certain it will happen though!)
I will at minimum get some ptfe tape and some chapstick though!
I was literally thinking the other day I would like to get some vacuum grease - it’s just rare that I do vacuum distillations to be honest. I try and avoid it because the noise of the pump - although I suppose my water circulator isn’t so bad now.
That chapstick idea is a cracking one - or the candle idea isn’t half bad either. I actually haven't encountered my joints getting stuck so far (now that I have said that; I am almost certain it will happen though!)
I will at minimum get some ptfe tape and some chapstick though!
- By CCL4 huffer
honestly getting joints unstuck isnt so hard anyways just heat the joint slowly while pulling and rotating a little
- By Rabidreject
Yeah iv never even had it happen but I figured the grease would be good for a specific vacuum distillation. I’m gonna need all the vacuum I can get tbh and it was cheap so yeah. Justified lol
