[TowerTalk] Penetrox cleaning

[Patrick Greenlee]

Steel wool will shed as John said and then rust.  You can use stainless 
steel wool (available but not at every little corner market or local 
Walmart.)  Bronze wool doesn't rust and doesn't shed as bad as steel 
wool but you'd want to be sure not to leave any of its debris behind to 
cause dissimilar metals mischief.

Can someone mention why solvents and other measures are of interest to 
remove the last vestiges of Penetrox before reapplying Penetrox? I "get 
it" with respect to removing most of the old, getting rid of lumps,dirt, 
etc and or smoothing the contact surfaces but why try to remove the last 
vestiges of Penetrox to prepare for coating with Penetrox?  Penetrox is 
formulated for long term stability.  You don't change Penetrox like 
changing oil in a car every so many months or miles. " Oh, I have a high 
mileage antenna, worked a lot of DX you see, I better change my old worn 
out Penetrox." Never heard that before.

Patrick NJ5G

On 2/22/2014 7:18 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Steel wool breaks up and I would avoid using it on antennas.  Scotch Brite
> works great and wont cause any rust issues.  I'm sure that a number of
> solvents will dissolve the penetrox.
>
> John KK9A
>
> To:Doug Wetzel <dougwe2 at gmail.com>, "towertalk at contesting.com"
> <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject:Re: [TowerTalk] Penetrox cleaning
> From:Ralph Bellas <k9zo at hotmail.com>
> Date:Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:47:21 -0600
> List-post:<towertalk at contesting.com">mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>
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> Doug, I use WD40 and a green scouring pad.  I wear gloves for this job
> because
> your hands will get stained.  It seems to work as well as fine steel wool.
> Invariably I got a sliver of steel wool in my hands.   In 40 years I always
> got
> used antennas and refurbished them.   If a plated U bolt was rusted I found
> a
> galvanized one and replaced always what nuts and bolts I could with
> stainless
> steel & anti-seize.RalphK9ZO
>
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