Dixie Life
Senior Member
Has anyone tried the clay that is on the market? I just bought a pack; wasn't any directions on the box. Does it work?
Stuffing Box clay
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Capt.Bill11
Guru
If it's that stuff, I used to use it before GFO came alone and it worked very well.
Dixie Life
Senior Member
Yep, that's it.
I used it once many years ago. I guess it worked, but it was a bit hard to deal with and a pain to clean out. I'd much rather go with the gfo.
The one thing I did seem to like was the small bottle of lube it comes with. I've used that with regular flax to help it seat and it actually worked pretty well for that!
I guess one try is not a thorough analysis, but I probably won't experiment with it again.
The one thing I did seem to like was the small bottle of lube it comes with. I've used that with regular flax to help it seat and it actually worked pretty well for that!
I guess one try is not a thorough analysis, but I probably won't experiment with it again.
Carolena
Guru
Same experienced as Ghost when trying to clean the stuff out of our sailboat stuffing box. We switched to gore and were very happy with the switch. Compassmarine has a nice write-up on stuffingbox packing.
