[TowerTalk] Aluminum Boom Lubricant: Yes or Nope?

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

I use it mostly so I might be able to take it apart some day.

W0MU

On 8/16/2025 8:34 AM, Steve Harrison wrote:
> What is the collective Wisdom concerning the use of an 
> aluminum-to-aluminum lubricant (such as Penetrox) between boom pieces, 
> one of which is swaged? I am reassembling several older monobanders 
> but using OWA dimensions here in the desert (no salt water corrosion). 
> We have nearly-continuous mild-to-heavy winds, 10 - 15 to 45 - 60 mph, 
> nearly year round, so the boom pieces must be solidly bolted together; 
> yet, I'd like the option of being able to take them apart again at 
> some time in the future.
>
> TNX,
>
> Steve K0XP
>
>
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