Soap will attract moisture, and hence promote rot. Soap is a land-based carpenters trick and works well there, but on a boat not such a good idea.
Get a 'wax toilet' ring and you will have all the lubricant you need for a very long time. -al- -----Original Message----- From: liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com [mailto:liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com] On Behalf Of Norm Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 8:26 AM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Expensive Marine Elect components Ahoy Gentlemen, I read somewhere that soap has ingredients that damage wood; beeswax or paraffin is better <SNIP> _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
