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Questions tagged [grease]

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what is the significance of grease colour?

It is possible to purchase grease in many colours. For example, "lithium grease" appears to come in at least red, green, blue, white, and black. Is there any standardisation on what the colours signify?
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To what extent is grease interchangeable?

There is a confusing variety of greases for various bike parts out there. I wonder if I can just disregard that and use a 'one-size-fits-all' grease (if such a grease exists?
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Which grease is for what?

I used to think as simple as lubcirants and grease, now that I'm off to buy grease to assemble a bike I'm confronted with dozens of different types of greases. Does it matter what grease I buy? If absolutely not what grease do I use for what?
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Is Park Tool Polylube "waterproof"?

I just ordered Park Tool PPL-2 Polylube 1000 Grease Tub (1 Lb) from my LBS. I was surprised when they didn't call it waterproof and tried to steer me to a Phil Wood product as the waterproof one, because I thought I'd seen Polylube described here…
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Automotive brake grease

There are a lot of questions related to using automotive grease on bikes. The answers seem to be split between "well, at least you are greasing your bike" and "use the right grease for the job". This answer was really helpful in that it says any…
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Is it usual for grease to contract in cold weather?

I bought the 16oz size PolyLube 1000. When I first opened it it was full to the top. A couple weeks ago, I opened it again and found it collapsed in the container, shown in the picture. Is it normal to collapse so much? It was warm when I first…
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is this grease usable for bikes?

i want to buy some grease for my bike and i found this kind of grease. i think those grease are for cars so it might be different from the grease for bicycles but im not sure. if that grease is not suitable, what kind of grease should i look for?
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