[TowerTalk] Cleaning Tarnished Wire

[Edwin Karl]

Requires use of gloves, but I have used toilet bowl cleaner (caustic) for
this purpose, works real swell ...!

ed K0KL


On 8/2/2014 8:31 AM, Gedas wrote:
> As much as I hate to admit it, at times I have been guilty of leaving 
> rotor cables or even coax outside unprotected from the rain and snow.  
> Later on, wanting to put it to some use and after stripping off some 
> insulation, I find that the surface of the copper conductors have been 
> tarnished with a nice black coating.  The tarnish makes it impossible 
> to solder to even with an acid core flux.  Other than physical 
> abrasion, does anyone have any tricks or solution/chemical that will 
> remove that tarnish?
>
> Gedas, W8BYA
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