[TowerTalk] Pentrox

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

On 12/9/2013 6:14 PM, Mark Robinson wrote:
> The best commercial penetrating oil is PB Blaster and even better but 
> with a limited shelf life is to mix acetone and transmission fluid. 
> Keep it away from painted surfaces though

PB blaster any day. Works superior and does not evaporate rapidly as WD-40.
Acetone mix is flammable!  Fumes can reach explosive ratios as well as 
being toxic to breathe..


Look up MSDS sheet.

73

Roger (K8RI)

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>> On 12/9/2013 9:30 AM, Frosty wrote:
>>> Is there anything that will dissolve this junk. I don't understand 
>>> why people think that they have to put
>>> Pentrox or Nolox on beam elements. It just freezes them up so that 
>>> they will not come apart.
>>
>> I have taken elements apart after years of use and the NoAlox was 
>> still greasy. Given that some of it had washed out, but I've had no 
>> problems with it.
>> I didn't know that Pentrox hardened, but I've only used it on threads
>>
>> 73
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>> Roger (K8RI)
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