[Boatanchors] Caig products

[Bob Hardie- W5UQ]

just like anything, the "proper amount" works best.
Bob

Carl wrote:
> 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
>
>
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> ----- 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>
>> Message-ID: <412CEF44451D48EDA19FD087E4BB945E at KITTYMA123>
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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.
>>
>> It they are fine on brass they are fine in a tube socket of 
>> essentially
>> the same material with a tin plate.
>>
>> Ive yet to find any Caig product that has a benefit in vintage gear.
>>
>> 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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