On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> dont need to be a chem major, just need to get the specifications of the
> original siloxane and compare to what you can buy off the shelf.
> Problem is, original specs are not published, or perhaps Derek Drew knows.
>

I'm totally ignorant on this subject.  But a quick Internet search seems to
show that the two terms used, siloxane and dimethicone, are similar but
different versions of a silicon oil.  So that got me wondering if what the
German source is selling is actually the right product or 'snake oil'.