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06/5/2024 at 5:31pm
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STOP!!!!!
Some of the recommendations above are absolute death to Acrylic windows! Contact with them will cause irreversible damage, either instant softening/clouding of the plastic or longer term crazing and weakening leading to likely mechanical failure!
Acrylic is not very resistant to most Esters, Ketones, Aromatic hydrocarbons, Chlorinated hydrocarbons, in layman's terms that's most things with a smelly solvent that evaporates quickly! As well as Brake Fluid and Methylated Spirits!
It may be too late to stop any damage as Lithium Grease is usually petroleum based! Best clean up thoroughly ASAP with nothing stronger than detergent, NO SOLVENTS!
Use detergent (washing up liquid) as a lubricant, or a Silicone lubricant, but be careful that doesn't have anything else harmful in it by way of propellants/additives in aerosols! Some silicone lubricants claim safe for use on plastics. Thetford's toilet seal lubricant is often recommended for stopping rubber seals sticking to windows, so seems to be OK.
As to the chemical resistance of the rubber seals themselves, that's a bit of an unknown, as many different types of rubbers out there, some more resistant than others, probably best to get the Lithium grease off and play safe!
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