Electrofilm 4396/5306/5396

 Is Electrofilm XYZ the same as Lube-Lok^?XYZ?

A: Quite often, we are asked, “I have an old specification that calls out Electrofilm 1000 (or Electrofilm 4396 or Electrofilm 5306, etc.) and all I can find is Lube-Lok^? 1000. Are these products the same?” The answer is yes.

Everlube^?Products purchased Electrofilm’s line of solid film lubricants in 1986. Up until that time, Electrofilm had a habit of putting their company name in large letters on all of their literature (such as technical data sheets, MSDSs, and labeling), or in many cases, simply using their company name as the coating’s tradename. Once Everlube Products purchased Electrofilm’s product line and began manufacturing these products, we have labeled these products with their official (legal) trademarks -mainly Lube-Lok and Lubri-Bond^?. So, Electrofilm 1000 is the same as Lube-Lok 1000, and Electrofilm 5306 is the same as Lube-Lok 5306, and so on. This would also be the same for other Electrofilm tradenames that now belong to Everlube Products, such as: Electrobond^?, Electrolube^? and Electromoly^?. So, to summarize, Electrofilm was the company name-not a product tradename. The products always had a legal (official) tradename; Electrofilm just didn’t always use the legal tradenames correctly. Hopefully, this clears up any confusion.