I'm not the confused one......I think.....

Quoting once again, "Most commonly, the silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane and the thickener is amorphous fumed silica."

Fumed Silica (a component of such 'lubes') is Silicon dioxide...quartz...beach sand.

You do understand that Silicon is a part of Silicon dioxide, right? Stuff they make sandpaper out of?

Again, if it's such a great lube, why isn't it in a new BMW?

Use what you want (although it didn't work very well here, which is why the thread happened), for myself I'll continue to use what the makers use.......

Doug Owen