[Boatanchors] Caig products

[Carl]

My #2 son is a guitar pro and uses their products. He is happy since I 
trained him to stop spraying it like a garden hose. A tiny bit goes a 
long way.

Ive listened to or read several horror stories of destroyed Hickok tube 
testers from spraying.

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
To: <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Caig products


> Carl,
> I used to swear by the stuff and now I swear at it. A footnote though; 
> if  you use the Deoxit D5 it does really help on old switch contacts 
> but only if you spray it, let it set for a few hours and then spray 
> the contact with contact cleaner. Enough is left in the microscopic 
> holes of the contact to improve contact but not make matters worse.
> I do use their products on miscellaneous TV/audio cables and battery 
> contacts with much success.
> 73, Dick KF4NS
> St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> Keep The Glow!
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:51:17 -0500
> From: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Miniature tube socket contact brushes
> To: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>, <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
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> The type I have here are miniature wire brushes. One doesnt want a
> reamer in a brass welding tip, a couple of passes and the tip size has
> changed.
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> It they are fine on brass they are fine in a tube socket of 
> essentially
> the same material with a tin plate.
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> Ive yet to find any Caig product that has a benefit in vintage gear.
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> For bandswitches I use Tarn-X on a Q-Tip and then wipe down thoroughly
> with solvent and more Q tips. Its worked where De Oxit has repeatedly
> failed to restore the performance.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
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