To whom it may concern.
I have been on the food saver sight and have looked until I am blue in the face as to what kind of rubber this contraption has for a gasket and cant find anything.
I just got off the phone with them and after research they dont know what kind of rubber it is.
Why is this important.
You have to know what kind of rubber it is before you can use any type of oil or lubricant on them or it will ruin them.
This is the normal way it works, if it is silicon based you dont want to use a silicon based lubricant.
If it is oil based you may or may not get away with some types of oils.
The same goes for latex based rubber.
They are supposed to email me back to tell me what kind of rubber it is.
We shall see.
Next on line it says they
ARE dishwasher safe.
In the instruction manual on line it says they are
NOT dishwasher safe.
I brought this up and they were flabbergasted.
She said to be safe follow the instruction manual and
not put them in the dishwasher.
If they aren't dish washer safe then that would lend me to believe they aren't silicon based and a silicon based lubricant can be used on them such as a water based personal lubricant.
So for right now I would hold off on the Olive oil and if I were to use a carbon based oil it would be mineral oil.
Yes all vegetable and animal oils are carbon based.