"Armor All" is a byproduct of the manufacturing of silicone. A chemist played around with it trying to find a use for it and eventually Armor All came to be.
Similar is the case of "Vaseline' which was a byproduct of the petroleum industry.
Its waxy and lubricating properties are from silicone.
I personally don't like or use it as it migrates, out-gases, and is just about impossible to remove; spreading silicone everywhere. That is why paint shops won't allow it on the premises. There is nothing worse than a car which has been bathed in Armor All; a popular pastime.
As an engineer who worked for years with plastic molded parts for the medical device industry, silicone lubes or adhesives were pretty much banned from clean assembly areas as it would get on everything and in some instances would inhibit bonding or gluing plastic parts. In most medical manufacturing plants they would have a separate self-contained area for using silicones.
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> If it's a semi-important flight, I'll use the stuff Fred Tellier gave me which he lifted from General Motors when he worked there. Says they use it for rubber/neoprene bearings lube, etc. I like the viscosity, but have no idea what its base is--possibly silicone, but it has a distinct odor, unlike straight silicone. For unimportant flights, I'll use any common lube, such as regular non-dehydrated Son of a Gun, or whatever turns up in the tool box--have leftovers from experimenting with all, and can't distinguish significant differences at least concerning turns/inch. Weight per effect is the main issue, IMO. I might be using FAI Slick Lube for everything, but it seems necessary to wash it off motors for storage, and I'm not organized enough to do that every time.
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