Originally Posted by
veganbikes
Have had more grease stains than anti-seize stains but I guess I am generally more careful or something. Never ruined grease but did have one of our interns ruin some carbon paste by drilling near an open container but that was not totally intentional just a lack of thinking and spatial awareness.
I use really purely with titanium stuff and it does the job and doesn't cause any issues for me but I can see where it could cause issues if you got it in your bearings.
My bikes aren't really toys but I get it people love to call them toys and demean them that way so they can also demean those that work on them and are around them. Not necessarily saying you are doing that but it is common enough around here and elsewhere.
They aren't toys, but my point is that they aren't high speed industrial machines. Bike people like to take from other industries, forgetting that our low load, low rpm, low speed, low temp machines don't benefit at all from ceramics, anti-seize, bearing pre-load, etc. And there isn't any galling either - that is a friction effect, not something bike parts can make happen. Anti-seize is just to help prevent galvanic corrosion.
You have interns at a bike shop?