<div dir="ltr">Vance,<div><br></div><div>Thank you very much for a good answer! I can now order steel for the viewports with peace in my mind.</div><div><br></div><div>Have a good one! :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards</div><div>André</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-08-06 18:07 GMT+02:00 via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="3">Not to be confused with vacuum grease, which we used as the lubricant on viewports and supporting mating surfaces. That's the stuff that is designed to help seal pressure and/or vacuum systems. Dow Corning makes it, among others.</font>
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<font size="3">We used to use a synthetic based product with inorganic thickeners that had good temperature and high pressure resistance. It resists water washout and provides excellent rust protection. Looking today on the net, I think maybe Crystal Blue Grease might be the stuff. It was blue, true enough. And about forty bucks a pound back in the day. But man, does it work!</font><br>
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I assumed all grease was non-soluble , where would one find this type of grease?
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<font size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Steel will be fine with the maintenance you suggest. Be sure to use a non-soluble grease. And the good news is that SS bolts won't gall as a rule in high carbon steel. As proof, I offer the Perry subs, which have without a doubt done more dives in salt water than all other submersibles put together. And every one of them has hull matched steel inserts for viewport and penetration plates. We painted everything, sanded the mating surfaces smooth, and went on about our business. No problem. Even those shiny hatch mating surfaces you see in the pictures or Perry boats are A537 or A516Gr70 steel with monel cladding, rather than the softer and more damage prone stainless. Plus, stainless can have stress corrosion problems in oxygen starved atmospheres, and takes a lot of experience to use effectively.</font></font>
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Is steel or stainless mostly used for viewports?
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Have you had any problems with rust in the threads when using steel and diving in saltwater?
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I would imagine filling the threads with grease, and inspecting them on a regular basis should be fine.
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Was hoping I could go with steel, as I can get them cut out from the same plate as the frontdome seat.
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