faucet lube?

Question

I have a price phister singled handle kitchen faucet, the standard sort of thing, that has a hand sprayer on the side. If I remember correctly there is a sort of grease that plumbers use for sticky parts. I think this faucet needs it because after I use the hand sprayer, the main faucet loses about 50% of it's flow for at least 10 min. And the sprayer won't even get it's flow sometimes. So I think the valve is sticking. I think the valve is on the back when I take the top of the handle off, but the question is, is there a legit substitute lubricant for this like mineral oil or should I buy the real stuff? If I have to buy it it's going to last a loooong time!

Thanks

James Keene · Accepted Answer

Use some vaseline..  You'll buy a can of plumbers grease and probably never use it again.

Speedy Jim · Answer

Silicone grease should be good; I wouldn't use any kind of oil.Jim

RikC · Answer

They make faucet lube/plumber's grease in tiny tins. Doesn't cost much andbarely any waste.rik

George E. Cawthon · Answer

It will last forever and a little tube isn't very expensive($2-3).  However, I don't think that is your problem or thatyou can even get to this valve to lube it.  I don't know specifically about Price Phister, but I thinkthe valve is like a jiggle pin and it probably has cruded upwith hard water deposits.  If you can get the spray headoff, you can pour some hardwater dissolver such as  limeawayor CLR down the tube.  Empty the tube as much as possible,hold the tube high so whatever you pour in will go right tothe body of the faucet, let it soak for a little bit, andthen replace the spray head and repeatedly turn the spray onand off rapidly.  And if the spray head is cruded up, soakit in some CLRblarg wrote:

blarg · Answer

Thanks everyone. If I can find a little tin of the plumbers lube I'll try that first (I think the valve is at the rear, after you take the sleeve off, I've seen it) and if that fails I'll try this dissolver trick.

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