[Milsurplus] Re: [Boatanchors] Removing beeswax from slug-tunedtransform...

[J. Forster]

I considered solvents earlier on in this thread, but rejected it. Solvents work from the
outside in and would take quite a while to soften any depth of wax.

What exactly are you trying to do? Are you trying to completely remove all the wax from a coil
and slug, or just free up the slug so you can tune the thing? Or something else?

If you want to completely remove all the wax from everything, I'd heat it on a paper towel in
an oven, then do a solvent soak. Picking a solvent that will not attack the wire's insulation
might be tricky. I'd stay away from Acetone, MEK, Xylene, an Toluene, and try Heptane (rubber
cement thinner) first.

Take care,
-John



Brian Clarke wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> I think I did see a mention of a particular solvent earlier in this thread - was it Xylene?
> Anyway, give toluene a try. Methyl-ethyl-ketone might also do the job. All these are
> rather dangerous in confined quarters.
>
> 73 de Brian.
>   You said:
>   I was
>   hoping that my dim recollection that there was a magic elixer solvent once
>   marketed by GC might have basis in fact.  But as no one mentioned it, I guess it
>   was a dim dream.
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