[Amps] Cleaning amp bandswitch

Mike Waters mikewate at gmail.com
Thu Nov 12 11:21:45 EST 2015


I tried Tarn-X, which contains thiourea, in the early 1990's. Although it
indeed quickly shined the silver, it seemed to leave an invisible residue
that eventually deteriorated the silver. I tried it several times, and no
matter how much I soaked, swabbed, and rinsed it off, the finish didn't
stay bright. Sure, silver tarnishes, but something else was happening.

Perhaps I did something wrong, but I'll never use Tarn-X again to clean
silver-plated contacts.

Google "tarn-x ruined my silver" (without the quotes.) You be the judge.
I'll stick with DeoxIT D5 followed by DeoxIT S-Shield, thank you.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Glen Zook via Amps <amps at contesting.com>
wrote:

> ... TarnX applied with a cotton swab.  This works very well on switch
> contacts.
>


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