[TenTec] Who is the US Distributor for Cramolin?

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

The spray can of Cramolin R5 that I have says "packaged for Caig Labs." 
I have had decent results but don't like spraying the insulation around 
a contact with it. So I've been using a dropper bottle of Caig D100L for 
a decade or two with good results.

Back in the days of turret TV tuners, there were dozens of contact 
cleaners including foams that stayed behind. But the best I recall from 
those days was a GC product called Contactene (I just looked it up in a 
vintage GC catalog, I didn't remember it that long) that appeared by 
smell to be mostly carbon tet with just enough of some oil to give it a 
yellowish color. But when I was a young ham, carbon tet was a common 
fire extinguisher filler, even sometimes packaged in clear glass globes 
that the user was to throw at the fire smashing the glass to release the 
liquid. Those are crystal clear. My dad had one and I probably have it 
stashed in his stuff now. I gathered mercury from used hearing aid 
batteries (with tubes, and AA mercury for heater power there were many 
available) and at one point had a medicine bottle showing about 4 ounces 
liquid volume, but must have weighed 5 or 6 pounds. And under the entry 
"Mercury," the World Book Encyclopedia of my youth showed a man in bib 
overhauls floating on an open vat of mercury as if it wasn't 
significantly toxic.

So my question is, "Has our avoidance of these allegedly harmful 
chemicals improved our life and does ALL of the world follow suit or do 
they keep on using them at low cost?"

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 2/9/2011 3:47 PM, Al Gulseth wrote:
> Dave,
>
> If you have what I think you have, it's not the same stuff by any means.
> The "Cramolin" (R2?) that I remember from working in broadcast engineering
> years ago disappeared courtesy of the EPA (because it contained carbon
> tetrachloride.)
>
> DeOxit and similar products from Caig (and possibly other manufacturers) were
> attempts to provide "environmentally friendly" replacements.
>
> Be careful about advertising that you have that stuff - if the "enviro cops"
> find out you have it they might decide to raid your shack HI HI!! (Obviously,
> just kidding, but be careful when using it to make sure the area is well
> ventilated.)
>
> 73, Al
>
>
> On Wed February 9 2011 3:34:33 pm Dave Edwards wrote:
>> I have a bottle..looks old.
>> But it says Caig Laborotories on it..and the stuff is reddish in color.
>> So that means it might be almost the same thing as the current hit,
>> deoxit....also made
>> by Caig Labs...also reddish in color
>>
>> ....Dave
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Paul"<hglent at frii.com>
>> To:<tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 4:23 PM
>> Subject: [TenTec] Who is the US Distributor for Cramolin?
>>
>>> Here is info about Cranolin.
>>>
>>> Paul K.
>>> WA0BAG
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In order to buy our products in USA please contact following company:
>>>
>>> LPKF Laser Electronics
>>> 12555 SW Leveton Drive
>>> Tualatin, OR 97062
>>> U.S.A.
>>>
>>> Phone: 001 503 454 4200
>>> Fax: 001 503 682 7151
>>> Contact person: Timoree Leggett
>>> Email:tleggett at lpkfusa.com
>>>
>>> If you have any further questions please don`t hesitate to contact us.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>