[ARC5] Tropical Coating

[John Hutchins]

Gene - Jim - Others

Yes on the Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net look for MFP varnish .  Someone 
made this a batch up $35 an ounce.

Re: [Milsurplus] MFP Varnish Experiment   I think it was started by Tom 
Dawson Dec  2007.  Get into the archive.

Hutch

On 2/21/2010 10:19 AM, Gene Smar wrote:
> Jim:
>
>       What your areprobably seeing is what is known as MFP - Moisture and
> Fungus Proof - coating.  It was applied after assembly to all WWII and
> Korean War vintage milrads.
>
>       Some time back there was a thread hereabouts that described the exact
> components that went into the coating.  IIRC, it was bees wax and varnish.
> There were several URLs for references to the mixture in some of the
> postings at the time, but I neglected to bookmark them.
>
>       Can someone out there refresh our collective memories about the
> references?
>
>
> 73 de
> Gene Samr  AD3F
>
>
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> Subject: [ARC5] Tropical Coating
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>> My BC-454 has (what I surmise to be) a tropical coating on the internal
>> underside wiring and components. It's slightly yellowish and has a kind of
>> resinous fragrance when the unit is warm. Does anyone know what this
>> material is? Looks quite effective...
>>
>> Jim
>> N3ZJ
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