Originally Posted by
veganbikes
How is anti-sieze messier than grease? That is a new one, having built several titanium bikes for myself and some for other people I have never felt that anti-seize is any messier than grease. Essentially anti-seize is grease with copper or other metal flakes in it (yes I know it is more complex than that and the chemical makeup is probably different enough).
I will agree on the usage front. I only use it on titanium frames to prevent galling or if somehow my anti-seize is easier to grab than grease and I am just threading something in.
You seem uniquely immune to the way anti-seize, especially the typical Park stuff with graphite, stains clothes and skin. It also ruins grease if it gets out of the threads and into contact with the bearings.
I also use it to decrease galvanic problems with titanium, but I avoid using it anywhere it can be avoided because grease is completely effective and is easier to clean up when it migrates.
If you like using it, great. But like many things talked about on forums, the stuff went from a weird substance used in jet engines to a "necessity" for the assembly of our toy-like bicycles. It is overkill and sometimes creates problems that you won't see with grease.