Damping fluid/grease for Mayware Unipivot?

Thanks for the pointers. I had intended to stick to silicone fluid bought from the local electrical suppliers but do not know what grade to get: a thick grease or a relative thin fluid. Obviously I can buy several grades and experiment but I had hoped to find out what was supplied with the arm originally.

Johnnantais, thanks for the turntablebasics pointer it was useful in providing a practical viscosity range. I am slowly getting there with a bit of help.

The reason I would still like to know the viscosity of the Mayware supplied silicone fluid it that varying from full to empty should cover the required damping for most cartridges.

I am surprised the turntable has a noticeable effect. By dynamics do you mean structure-borne sound from the motor/bearing?

I am still confused about dynamics. Dynamics is a good thing but the consequence of good dynamics is more structure borne sound in the tonearm. In order to dissipate this one needs to add more viscous damping. Is this correct?

I realize I am wandering a bit from the original topic but a couple of questions:

With the Lenco, by adding a lot more damping does this overdamp the arm/cartridge resonance and have a detrimental effect on both the bass response and the handling of warped or non-concentric records?

What is mechanically different about a turntable with good dynamics and one without? That is, what has changed for the better in the chain: housing - (suspension) - platter - record - cartridge - tonearm - (suspension) - housing

Thanks for the useful pointer Stefanl but it studies a turntables performance in a manner with which I am familiar. In the 70s discussing turntable performance in the press on this sort of basis was fairly common.

Johnnantais I thank you for trying to tell me what dynamics means to a turntable but I must admit to being little wiser. Although there is quite a lot in your answer with which I disagree I am not sure a debate will be fruitful if we do not subscribe to the same set of beliefs on which to base our arguments. However, I am sure we can both agree to enjoy the music however we may go about optimising the sound quality. Thanks again for taking the time to answer my questions.

Many thanks Toddm this is very much the grease end rather than the olive oil end.