[ARC5] [Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] Coils and the winding thereof

[J. Forster]

> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Carl<km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
>> Hold the windings in place with Q Dope which is era correct. Even
>> National had it in their
>> 1934 catalog ands its use in QST goes back long before that. GC sells it
>> today.
>
> It's still available?  Ooooh, cool!  I gots ta gets me some!  Thanks!>

There was a semi endless thread a few weeks ago on some list on how to
make it. I know it was styrene (like packing peanuts) dissolved in
toluene, as I remember.


>> Id still stay far away from varnish or shellac around RF. Use that stuff
>> on
>> the wood base or panel.

The reason to use shellac is that it dries completely w/in an hour or two.
Spar varnish takes several days before recoats from my days messing w/
wooden boats. It's a chemical polymerization. Shellac is just solvent
evaporation.

-John

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