[Boatanchors] MFP (was BC-342

Todd, KA1KAQ ka1kaq at gmail.com
Wed Feb 23 18:53:50 EST 2011


On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 6:46 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quik.com> wrote:
> Todd,
>
> At a guess, that was a fluke and the coating was not well adhered.
>
> As to water and soap, if there are minor defects in the coating, the
> water, with surface tension lowered by the soap, will get under the
> coating and lift it in bubbles.  Think rust propagating under paint.

You could be right, John. It might've been an early 50s set I was
working on with an 'improved' formula. All I recall is that it
dissolved with a minimum of effort and actually made more work for me
as I hadn't planned on removing it, but couldn't leave it partly
clean.

Sure was shiny beneath.

~ Todd/KAQ


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