That is why I am leaning towards a light grease, either PTFE(SuperLube) or lithium based.
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We are looking into bottling it, previously a seller on amazon had been offering it in pints. Getting it in smaller 50/100ml bottles has been very difficult so we are looking to build our own mini bottling plant.
They also had/have an amazon store.
This is the only oil we would recommend and that is specified by our manufacturing partner for rails. Whilst grease might seem like a good idea it tends to bind up carriages and stops the BB’s from rotating as they should.
It’s worth noting with oil a very small amount is needed at very infrequent intervals. Everything is rubber sealed and even without oil will usually run without maintenance for thousands of hours.
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A gallon is $39.95 from Penn Tool Co.:
(I am reminded of a friend who had a bottling setup where a 1 gallon receptacle was diverted through 8 tubes into 8 pint bottles…)
An imperial gallon would be even more wasteful due to our UK pints having just the right amount of extra mouthfuls … for beer, naturally… 
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Would this maintenance schedule also apply to the Z-Plus? If not, what are the differences?
Also, are you suggesting that only external application of oil is to be applied on the rails, not re-filling a block’s internal reservoir as mentioned above?
I have just posted a rough guide on axis maintinance:
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