[AMPS] Tarnished tube sockets.

[Mike Sawyer]

I seem to remember a method that, you could buy from "An Amazing Television
Offer!!", or you could make at home.
Take some water and place in a plastic Tupperware pan (about two inches is
good), add about two tablespoons of Sodium Bi-carbonate and stir well to
dissolve. Place a sheet of aluminum foil in the bottom of the pan. Then
place the item (tube, or coil, etc) in the solution and make sure it comes
in contact with the aluminum foil. If I recall my chemistry, this breaks the
ionic bond of the oxide on the metal once it contact with the foil. Tarn-X I
recall is rather thick and a pain to work.
I just thought I'd add my 5 cents, (cost of living, you know??).
Mike(y)
W3SLK

----- Original Message -----
From: Phil T. (VA3UX) <phil@vaxxine.com>
To: Tim Elder <telder@1st.net>
Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [AMPS] Tarnished tube sockets.


>
> Tarn-X works like nothing I've ever seen before - get some.
>
> Another fabulous product that stands out above the crowd is Caig's
> De-Ox-It. For cleaning and removing oxidation from switch contacts,
> connectors, etc,  this stuff is "awesome".
>
> Phil
>
> At 03:54 AM 2/29/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >Hello everyone,
> >I recently acquired a tube socket for the Russian tube GI7B and since it
was
> >removed from original military equipment it is pretty tarnished.I would
like
> >to clean up the socket but I need an easier way to do so,I don't want to
> >break any of the fingerstock off so is there some chemical cleaner that
> >would do a good job?I seem to remember a product called TARN-X or
something
> >like that and that is the kind of product that I would like to use.Any
> >suggestions?
> >Thanks,
> >Tim
> >N8ZVA
> >
> >
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