[Boatanchors] Contact Cleaner

[Stanley Adams]

I have played around with making my own.  And I tried some regular 99cents
per quart transmission fluid on a couple of radios that I repaired for some
customers and found that it worked well.  It did all of the jobs I required
of it, cleaned the element, and lubricated the component.  One of the
problems with all contact cleaners is that the oils do not stay around
extremely long and quickly evaporate, just like WD-40 does when you use it
in regular lock, hinge and other situations.  Transmission fluid also does
not show signs of the other bad issue with some cleaners and that is
'stickiness'.  So these are just some thoughts from my experiences.

Stanley Adams
Memphis