# Grease cartridges

**URL:** <https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/grease-cartridges/1121>\
**Category:** General Chat\
**Created:** [November 1, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/grease-cartridges/1121 "2022-11-01T16:22:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![BobH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@BobH](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/BobH)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/grease-cartridges/1121/1 "2022-11-01T16:22:18Z")

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Anyone know a source for the grease cartriges that came with machine?  
Or…a fitting to adapt onto regular grease gun?

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**Author:** ![Eyedoc1701](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.avidcnc.com/eyedoc1701/32/613_2.png) [@Eyedoc1701](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/Eyedoc1701)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/grease-cartridges/1121/2 "2022-11-01T17:29:20Z")

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I just bought silicone grease mini cartridges off Amazon. Looks like essentially the same grease to me and it works just fine. As far as adapting to a regular grease gun, I haven’t gone there yet. When I do, I’ll want to hook it up to my Ryobi battery powered gun! 😆  
Steve

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**Author:** ![sehast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@sehast](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/sehast)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/grease-cartridges/1121/3 "2022-11-01T18:39:49Z")

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My beef with using the Avid recommended lithium grease is how messy it is and tends to get on everything remotely close to the rails/bearing blocks. I have black grease spots on almost all my work clothes. I switched to this Super Lube grease that I have used on previous CNCs:

> **[Super Lube 21036 Synthetic Grease (NLGI 2), 3 oz Cartridge, Translucent White, 1...](https://www.amazon.com/Super-Lube-Synthetic-Cartridge-Translucent/dp/B089GY2Z9G)**
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> Super Lube 21036 Synthetic Grease (NLGI 2), 3 oz Cartridge, Translucent White, 1 pack: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

It is clean and works just as well if not better than the lithium grease. I can’t wait for all the black stuff to work out of the bearing blocks and regret the day I pumped them full of the black lithium grease.

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**Author:** ![BobH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@BobH](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/BobH)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/grease-cartridges/1121/4 "2022-11-02T10:48:11Z")

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I will have a look, thanks.

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**Author:** ![gilroykilroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@gilroykilroy](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/gilroykilroy)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/grease-cartridges/1121/5 "2022-11-03T00:03:10Z")

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The stuff I got was red

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**Author:** ![Tony](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.avidcnc.com/tony/32/80_2.png) [@Tony](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/Tony)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/grease-cartridges/1121/6 "2022-11-10T13:11:11Z")

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Ohh… I’m going to order some of the Super Lube right now and give it a try. It’s time to hit the bearings again, so now is a good time. Thanks for the info.