"Jason Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ----------------------------------------------------------------------
I was lucky years ago with "self healing" (drying of wafers) from spray cleaners. Reports are that the rig in question is already working a bit better (likely from the DeOxit drying our of the wafers). Jason is not saying anything more then give it some time before rushing into what is a real pain at best, and potentially a disaster at worse with fixes to the ill fated fix.
Well, when the guy told me that he did this I thought he was nuts but his explanation for not being "worried" was that the material in the Drake rigs was not as spongy/porous like the old stuff used in TV sets in the 50s. He also said it was nearly impossible to keep it off of the switch material because it penetrates and seeps like gun oil ruins bullets when the the oil seeps past the primer (but then again I wouldn't store bullets for long periods of time in my guns but that's a different topic altogether). Me, personally, I think i'm going to wait until I have a chance to go by Ace Hardware and pick up some of that 97% denatured alcohol to have handy if I make a mess trying to clean my R-4B. By the looks of it I may try attaching one small drop of Deoxit on two of the switch contacts and work the stuff through the switch that way... but as black as they are I don't see how i'm going to make any difference with so little cleaning solution for so much black goo. Some of those places on the 2nd and 3rd switch are pretty cramped - I don't think I could get half a q-tip in there! But i'm in R-4/T-4 heaven now so the B line will get to age a bit longer first. 73 Jason N1SU -- Jason Buchanan - Boxboro, MA Website: http://n1su.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: drakelist@www.zerobeat.net Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
