Lubrication of Grommets?

[gdeangel]

I was reading this page on plastic maintenance, after pulling my grommet set to "refurbish" a squashed grommet.

http://machinedesign.com/mechanical...ubrication-tips-plastic-gears-and-more-part-2

Based on the compatibility chart, it would seem that the typical nylon grommet (pre "fancy" tech) could be lubricated with mineral oil, silocone grease, hydrocarbon wax, or even perflourinated ski wax if you wanted to spend $$$.

I know there is already a "waxy" coating on most string that would lubricate the inside of the grommets, and I've seen some stuff for lubricating your awl when enlarging a grommet, but I'm talking about the outside of the grommet that vibrates against the frame... particularly the application I'm thinking about is a stiff frame that is prone to damaging grommets...

Thoughts?

 

[jim e]

I place a small drop of Tri flow on a small micro fiber brush and lube the inside of grommets on my natural gut string jobs.
All it takes is a small drop on the brush and that one drop lubes the main string grommets. Does not take much.
This greatly stopped the gut string from early snapping at a grommet.
Now the nat. gut string jobs last until the strings typically wear fray and snap as they normally do.
Both myself and my gut customers like that the strings last and not get that every once in a great while a string snapped at grommet when you pull it out of the bag.
That typically happened as a shanked shot places stress at a grommet area and that stress weakens the string.
Later when you remove racquet from bag you find a snapped string due to that shank.
Placing the Tri Flow has made a big difference. I assume it makes the friction less at the grommet area where the string makes a sharp turn, all I know it does make a difference in longevity of nat. gut string jobs.
All it takes is a little more time cleaning clamps when done.