Green Grease: Better Grease = Less Greasing
By Rick Reimundez
Green Grease claims it doesn’t run off in the rain or in high heat. Originally developed for the marine and industrial market where regular grease just didn’t cut it, you can use it now on pretty much anything from your suspension bits, to o-rings, to hinges around the house.
The manufacturer claims it lasts eight times longer than regular grease, too, which means less time under the vehicle greasing it and more time out there enjoying it.
It works at pretty much any temperature range from cold to hot — up to 500 degrees F — and the formula resists centrifugal separation. It’s waterproof in salt or fresh water, so it’ll also act as a barrier to rust. The synthetic nature of the grease also means that they’ve designed it with heavy duty, high shock and high load applications in mind.
Green Grease is available direct from the manufacturer for about $8 for a 14 ounce cartridge. But they also offer various size kits that include grease, a grease gun, and various fittings — plus Simple Green hand cleaner. That’s pretty much everything you need to get the job done and get cleaned up afterwards.
The kits start at $40 and run up to $70. Finally, if you own a shop or have some industrial application, you can buy Green Grease in 35 pound pails, 120 pound kegs, or even freakin’ 400 pound drums. Those range in price from $225 to $695 to $1,995. You can find Green Grease at your local auto parts stores: Advance Auto, AutoZone, and Tractor Supply all carry it.
Green Grease [Corporate Site]
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Ah yes, the beauty of synthetics, continually engineering better alternatives to natural predecessors. Automotive grease is composed predominantly of mineral oil, hydrogenated castor wax and wool fat, all of which is organic. As with anything organic, it breaks down over time, becomes less viscous under heat and stress and eventually washes out. I should point out though that by itself, natural grease is technically waterproof in the sense that you can’t dissolve or dilute it with water. It simply washes away after it breaks down.
Anyone know what the synthetic polymer in this stuff is?