[TowerTalk] Noalox versus penetrox ??

[EZ Rhino]

This reminds me....

Recently I decided to clean up my 40m beam to get it ready for installation.  I bought it used (a couple years), and I thought it would be good to take apart every joint, clean, re-grease and reassemble.  I had been dreading it, but it wasn't bad at all.  I used the coarsest red scotchbrite pad (I bought half a dozen but only used one), available at auto body supply stores (they're cheap).    I cut the pads into strips and "sanded" each joint using WD40 as a lubricant and solvent.  It worked great and didn't require much elbow grease.  Wiping everything down with a clean rag and it was ready to reassemble.  To get into the interior of the tubing I used a strip of scotchbrite wrapped over the end of a flat blade screwdriver, using an in and out motion while turning the tubing.  Easy!

Chris
KF7P



On May 9, 2013, at 14:56 , Jerry Gardner wrote:

All of them are a mess and a pain in the butt to clean up.


On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:31 PM, <K7LXC at aol.com> wrote:

>> Yesterday, I purchased Noalox at the locl Home Depot. In  the past, I
> have used Penetrox when assembling HF beams and Penetrox worked  great. Has
> anyone used Noalox to assemble aluminum tubing on HF  beams.
> 
>    Antioxidants are like toothpastes - lots of  varieties and they all do
> basically the same thing, just different recipes.
> 
>    An antioxidant is a bunch of very small particles  of a conductive
> metal held in suspension in a vehicle material. When the  connection is
> tightened, the particles pierce the conductor(s) and the vehicle  keeps
> oxygen out -
> thus it's an antioxidant.
> 
>    BTW there's a great chapter in my UP THE TOWER  book that's got lots of
> info on a bunch of them. Available from  championradio.com.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
> and
> Champion Radio Products
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