https://www.swagelok.com/en/catalog/Product/Detail?part=SS-43GS6
Lubricant is the 13th specification listed.
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I clean my valves of any potential grease b4 installing them on a system. Plus, I never noticed any grease on my valves in the first place. I run hamlets not swage.
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You can order them without lube. I forget the part number suffix, but you can def get them without lube.
I have seen ppl lube gaskets and their oil is 1000% fine. I donāt because we are lazy. We Only have had to replace the big 12ā so far. We use viton all around.
@SamuraiSam I met your homie Christian yesterday. Super smart and nice guy 
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wouldnāt it?
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With Swagelok their standard cleaning is SC-10 and the optional special cleaning and packaging is SC-11. https://www.swagelok.com/downloads/webcatalogs/EN/MS-06-63.PDF There is still lubricant used but itās a different type. Krytox 240AC for SC-11. If no lubricant was used, contamination from wearing parts would be higher, and valve failure more frequent.
Christianās a real nice guy!
Yup youāre right. I never read the fine print.
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A bunch of stuff in the heads is real runny? Might work as a decent lube. Obviously make sure the gasket is compatible with the terpenes. But maybe that might be a solution that people are sitting on gallons of 
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vacuum works great.
Yeah i have been paying attention to the comments I like the idea of using D-Limonene and soap and water. Ill be running some tests on that soon enough. Thanks @Curious_Roberto
When i was first taught about CLS operation I noticed that the dude would always take a towel sprayed down with ISO and sort of pull it thru the towel in a clenched fist, once done he would just set it down and let it dry out.
Seemed like pulling a gasket like that would stretch it out and ruin it in that way before it was given a chance to crack.
Besides that over time i noticed that over time the sort of glossy black color of the gasket would slowly transition to a dirty brownish color before eventually starting to crack. After i learned about using a very small amount of virgin coconut oil to keep things nice and fresh i dont have to replace them as often as we once did. None of the flavor contaminates my extracts tho iāve never had a test that detects anything other than general potency. I am not saying this is the best solution for gasket maintenance but it sure beats replacing them every month or few weeks.
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Who do you get B80 from? BVV or Carbon Chemistry?
From ebay.
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Corona Cash and Carry in CA has 20kg. B80 for like $65 before tax i think. Check them out thats the cheapest ive seen it go for other than chemtek i think they do 10kg for $55 plus tax/shipping
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Ebay for sure . A full bag for like $100 shipped.
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The same guy does S55 too. Similar pricing.
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what a full bag? weight wise?
25.2 kG
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I think itās like 150 if itās shipped to the west coast. I remember my price was similar to what you quoted, Iām out east, and someone else said the cost was 150 for them, but they were in cali.
This was maybe 6 months to a year ago though.
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call up Carbon Chemistry their PurFlo B80 is way cheap
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That is East coast shipping price.
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Cheers fellow east coaster! Lol
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