[TowerTalk] bees wax application

[Brad Nowak]

You might try valve grease.  It's hard to find as it's used primarily by 
OEM's but it's waterproof, thick and sticky.

Brad - N8SNM


> Use waterproof boat trailer grease.
> You won't get any bee hives either!
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Harmon
> CCA 97-535
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jay R. Holcomb
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:18 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] bees wax application
>
>
> hi,
> i saw a reference to bees wax again today for applying on a crank up tower
> where there is the steel to steel rubbing on the inside of the legs.  i
> looked in the archives and didn't see any reference to what is the trick 
> to
> applying it to the inside of the legs.  i was able to get some from a 
> local
> bee keeper.  in its normal hard form, it crumbles in chunks as i try to 
> rub
> it on. so then i heated it in a old pie pan, and it was like water and 
> then
> solidified in minutes.  looking at the tx-472, this looked like it was 
> going
> to be a real chore to put on.
>
> any tricks out there?
> 73 & soft landings, jay, wa0www
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